Crossword-Solution: HYPOGEAN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hypogean | a. | Hypogeous. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “HYPOGEAN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| GROWING under ground | 2 answers |
| UNDERGROUND existence (pert. to) | 2 answers |
| hypogeal | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETRAE
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greedy person
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Sentences with HYPOGEAN (5)
When the cotyledons are hypogean, that is, remain buried in the soil, the hypocotyl is hardly developed, and the epicotyl or plumule rises in like manner as an arch through the ground.
With Corylus avellena the cotyledons are hypogean, and the epicotyl is arched; but in the particular case described in the last chapter its apex had been injured, and it grew laterally through the soil like a root; and in consequence of this it had emitted two secondary shoots, which likewise broke through the ground as arches.
With Cycas pectinata the cotyledons are hypogean, and a true leaf first breaks through the ground with its petiole forming an arch.
Acanthus mollis: seedling with the hypogean cotyledon on the near side removed and the radicles cut off; a, blade of first leaf beginning to expand, with petiole still partially arched; b, second and opposite leaf, as yet very imperfectly developed; c, hypogean cotyledon on the opposite side.
Megarrhiza Californica.—The cotyledons of this Gourd never free themselves from the seed-coats and are hypogean.