hypogean

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

With dicotyledonous seeds, after the protrusion of the radicle, the hypocotyl breaks through the seed-coats; but if the cotyledons are hypogean, it is the epicotyl which breaks forth.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

Long glass tubes, open at both ends, are useful in many other ways, especially in the rearing and study of the smaller hypogean insects or those which bore and live in the stems of plants.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.

In consequence of this injury it had emitted near the hypogean cotyledons two secondary shoots, and it was remarkable that both of these were arched, like the normal epicotyl in ordinary cases.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

The cotyledons are hypogean, and the epicotyl breaks through the ground in an arched form.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

When the cotyledons are hypogean, that is, remain buried in the soil, the hypocotyl is hardly developed, and the epicotyl or plumule rises in like manner as an arch through the ground.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles