hypogeal
Below the soil
Hypogeal describes germination in which the seed leaves (cotyledons) remain underground as the shoot emerges.
Beans and peas germinate this way, unlike plants with epigeal germination where cotyledons push above the soil.
The term extends to anything occurring or developing below ground level.
belowground
Beneath earth's surface
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- soilGround matter for planting
earth · subsurface · tuber · bulb · corm · rhizome · truffle · rootstock · taproot · fibrous
cotyledon
Embryonic leaf in seeds
embryo · sprout · peanut · pea · oak · bean · acorn · plantlet · emergence · endosperm
position relative to ground surface
hypogealabove-ground
Higher than ground level
aerial · aboveground · surface-level · emergent · subaerial