HYPOGEOUS Definition & Meaning

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hypogeous

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adjective

another word for hypogeal

hypogeous

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Relating to the germination of a seed in which the cotyledons remain below the surface of the ground.
Compare epigeous

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Truffles — or, more properly, hypogeous fungi — are mushrooms that have gone underground.

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I know that in New Mexico alone, there are perhaps 100 of species hypogeous fungi dispersed by squirrels, many of which are undescribed, and most of which are completely unrelated to the genus Tuber, or “true” truffles.

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