hypogean

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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 Darwin, Charles

In the genus Acanthus the cotyledons are likewise hypogean.

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.

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

Michalet also says that they are often hypogean.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles