hypogean
Under the earth
Hypogean means underground or subterranean, describing organisms that live beneath the earth's surface or structures built below ground level.
The term appears in biology for cave-dwelling creatures and in botany for plant parts that develop underground: hypogean germination, where seeds sprout with cotyledons remaining buried.
Also spelled hypogaean.
Large natural underground chamber
- grottoSmall scenic cavern
- stalactiteHanging cave mineral deposit
- stalagmiteUpward-growing cave deposit
- dripstoneCave mineral deposit
karst · limestone · sinkhole · fissure · underground · chamber · passage · flowstone
Underground cemetery passage
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- sarcophagiDecorated stone burial chests
mummies · excavation · artifacts · relics · ruins · necropolis · ossuary · chamber
cavern
Large natural underground chamber
- grottoSmall scenic cavern
- stalactiteHanging cave mineral deposit
- stalagmiteUpward-growing cave deposit
dripstone · karst · limestone · sinkhole · fissure · underground · chamber · passage · flowstone · calcite
catacomb
Underground cemetery passage
sarcophagi · mummies · excavation · artifacts · relics · ruins · necropolis · ossuary · chamber · passage
cave-dwelling
Living in rock chambers
- burrowingDigging to create shelter
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- tuberUnderground nutrient reservoir
bulb · rhizome · germination · subsoil · eyeless · pallid · adapted · fungi · mycelium · truffle
hypogeanaboveground
Not beneath the earth
aerial · arboreal · subaerial · terrestrial · elevated