Epigeal
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Epigeal, epigean, epigeic and epigeous are
surface.In
germinating seed expand, throw off the seed shell and become photosynthetic above the ground. The opposite kind, where the cotyledons remain non-photosynthetic, inside the seed shell, and below ground, is hypogeal germination
.
The terms epigean, epigeic or epigeous are used for organisms that crawl (epigean), creep like a
hypogeous
.
An epigeal nest is a term used for a termite mound, the above ground nest of a colony of termites.[1]
See also
- List of plant morphology terms
References
- ISBN 9780792371236.