hypogenous

[hahy-poj-uh-nuh s, hi-] /haɪˈpɒdʒ ə nəs, hɪ-/

Word Origin

adjective

growing beneath, or on the undersurface, as fungi on leaves.

Origin of hypogenous

1870-1875

First recorded in 1870-75; hypogene + -ous

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These latter were classified according to whether the parts of the flower were hypogenous, perigynous, or epigynous.

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, September 1899 Various
I was amazed at my collection, which comprised the greater number of the hypogenous fungi of the neighbourhood.

Social Life in the Insect World J. H. Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for hypogenous

hypogenous

/haɪˈpɒdʒɪnəs/

adjective

(botany) produced or growing on the undersurface, esp (of fern spores) growing on the undersurface of the leaves

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