hypogeous

ADJECTIVE

underground

Synonyms

WEAK

below ground buried covered hypogeal hypogean in the recesses subterranean subterrestrial sunken underfoot

Example Sentences

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Truffles — or, more properly, hypogeous fungi — are mushrooms that have gone underground.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2013