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epigene

epigene adjective: foreign; unusual; not natural to the substance in which it was found.

Adjective

epigene (not comparable)

  1. Foreign; unusual; not natural to the substance in which it was found.
  2. Of or pertaining to the region just below the surface of the earth.

Origin of epigene

From epi- + -gene.

Questions about epigene

What does epigene mean?
Epigene means foreign; unusual; not natural to the substance in which it was found.
What part of speech is epigene?
Epigene is an adjective.

Words near epigene in the dictionary

  1. epigean
  2. epigeans
  3. epigee
  4. epigees
  5. epigeic
  6. epigene
  7. epigeneses
  8. epigenesis
  9. epigenesist
  10. epigenesists
  11. epigenetic

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