EPIGEOUS


Meaning of EPIGEOUS in English

/ep'i jee"euhs/ , adj. Bot.

1. growing on or close to the ground.

2. (of cotyledons) lifted above ground in germination.

[ 1825-35; epígeios on, of the world, equiv. to epi- EPI- + -geios ( ge-, s. of gê earth + -ios adj. suffix); see -OUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .