Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Growing on a lower surface of a structure, as fungi on leaves.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Produced below or upon the under surface: applied to fungi growing upon the under side of leaves: distinguished from
epigenous and epiphyllous. Alsohypophyllous . - Growing beneath the surface, as the cephalodia of some lichens. Also
hypomenous .
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Examples
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"Stamens six, hypogenous! anthers introrse! capsule cartilaginous, loculicidally three-valved, scurfy-leaved epiphytic!"
"Some Say" Neighbours in Cyrus Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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I was amazed at my collection, which comprised the greater number of the hypogenous fungi of the neighbourhood.
Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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"come no dreams," and the last sounds of the lecturer's "hypogenous and perigenous" died away, becoming beautifully less, till your senses sank into rest, the syllables "rigging us, rigging us," seemed to melt away in the distance and fade from your memory -- Peace be with you, Doctor A.
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 4 Charles James Lever 1839
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"come no dreams," and the last sounds of the lecturer's "hypogenous and perigenous" died away, becoming beautifully less, till your senses sank into rest, the syllables "rigging us, rigging us," seemed to melt away in the distance and fade from your memory -- Peace be with you, Doctor A.
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete Charles James Lever 1839
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