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hypocarpogean

hypocarpogean adjective: fruiting underground.

Adjective

hypocarpogean (not comparable)

  1. Fruiting underground.
    • On pulling the plant up I found that it was to a certain extent hypocarpogean, for the lower branches had ripened their fruit, and the pods had, as it were, wormed themselves underground, and germination had already commenced, the higher parts of the plant being at the same time in flower.1869, Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, volume 29, page 865

Questions about hypocarpogean

What does hypocarpogean mean?
Hypocarpogean means fruiting underground.
What part of speech is hypocarpogean?
Hypocarpogean is an adjective.

Words near hypocarpogean in the dictionary

  1. hypocarnivorous
  2. hypocarnivory
  3. hypocarp
  4. hypocarpia
  5. hypocarpium
  6. hypocarpogean
  7. hypocarps
  8. hypocatastases
  9. hypocatastasis
  10. hypocatastatic
  11. hypocaust

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