hypogeal
/ˌhaɪpəˈdʒiːəl/
adjective
- Growing or living underground.
- The hypogeal roots of the tree spread deep beneath the soil.
- Many hypogeal fungi are invisible until they push through the surface.
- The biologist studied hypogeal insects that spend their entire lives below ground.
- Relating to the germination of a seed where the cotyledons remain below the ground.
- Peas and beans are classic examples of hypogeal plants.
- The gardener explained that hypogeal seedlings push up a stem without lifting the seed leaves.
- In hypogeal germination, the seed's first leaves stay underground.
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