hypogean
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A glass filament with a bead at its end was affixed to the basal half or leg, just above the hypogean cotyledons, which were again almost surrounded by loose earth.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
With Cycas pectinata the cotyledons are hypogean, and a true leaf first breaks through the ground with its petiole forming an arch.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
The cotyledons are hypogean, and the epicotyl breaks through the ground in an arched form.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
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 Charles Darwin
Michalet also says that they are often hypogean.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin
