|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| ep·i·ge·al [ èppi j əl ] |
adjective |
|
| Definition: |
| |
1. living on surface of ground: living or growing on, or right above the surface of the ground.
See also hypogeal (sense 2)
|
2. germinating with seed leaves held aloft: describes seed germination in which the embryo elongates so that the seed leaves cotyledons are carried above the soil to form the first leaves of the new plant
|
| [Mid-19th century. < Greek epigeios "on the earth" < gē "earth"] |
|
|
|
