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Meaning of "epigeous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EPIGEOUS

ˌɛpɪˈdʒiːəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPIGEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epigeous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EPIGEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Epigeal

Epigeal, epigean, epigeic and epigeous are biological terms describing an organism's activity above the soil surface. In botany, a seed is described as showing epigeal germination when the cotyledons of the 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, creep like a vine, or grow on the soil surface: they are also used more generally for animals that neither burrow nor swim nor fly. The opposite terms are hypogean, hypogeic and hypogeous. An epigeal nest is a term used for a termite mound, the above ground nest of a colony of termites.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPIGEOUS

Aeneas · Alpheus · Antaeus · Apuleius · archaeus · archeus · Aristaeus · Dias · Diaz · gluteus · hypogaeous · hypogeous · Linnaeus · Peiraeus · Peneus · Piraeus · Ptolemaeus · scarabaeus · Typhoeus · uraeus

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPIGEOUS

epigeal · epigean · epigene · epigenesis · epigenesist · epigenetic · epigenetically · epigenetics · epigenist · epigenous · epiglottal · epiglottic · epiglottides · epiglottis · epignathous · epigon · epigone · Epigoni · epigonic · epigonism

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPIGEOUS

advantageous · aqueous · courageous · courteous · demiurgeous · disadvantageous · erroneous · gorgeous · heterogeneous · homogeneous · hugeous · miscellaneous · outrageous · rampageous · righteous · simultaneous · spongeous · spontaneous · umbrageous · uncourageous

Synonyms and antonyms of epigeous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epigeous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPIGEOUS

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The translations of epigeous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epigeous» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

epigeous
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

epigeous
570 millions of speakers
en

English

epigeous
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

epigeous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epigeous
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

epigeous
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

epígea
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

epigeous
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

épigée
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Epigenous
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

epigäische
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

epigeous
130 millions of speakers
ko

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epigeous
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Epigeous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epigeous
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

epigeous
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अपुरा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

epigeous
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

epigea
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

epigeous
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

epigeous
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

epigeous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίγειο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epigeous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epigeous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epigeous
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIGEOUS»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPIGEOUS»

Discover the use of epigeous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epigeous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Fungal Community: Its Organization and Role in the ...
Molecular phylogenetic and morphological data evidence that many if not most sequestrate fungi, i.e., hypogeous or epigeous fungi that lack mechanisms and morphologies for discharging spores to the air, have evolved from epigeous, ...
John Dighton, James F. White Jr., James White, 2005
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Macropods: The Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-kangaroos
Across seasons, the percentage occurrence of hypogeous versus epigeous fungi in swamp wallaby samples did not differ (paired t-test; t3 = 0.31, P= 0.8; Fig. 14.2) ; however, for both red-necked pademelons and parma wallabies, more ...
Graeme Coulson, Mark Eldridge, 2010
3
Social Insects and the Environment: Proceedings of the 11th ...
This species makes epigeous "mounds" in the form of small heaps of soil. Foragers were collected from these epigeous mounds by quickly transferring the heaps into polythene bags. To collect foragers in the open a pebble was placed in the ...
International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Congress, G. K. Veeresh, B. Mallik, 1990
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Issues in Bioinvasion Science: EEI 2003: a Contribution to ...
Taxonomic Species Habit group Basidiomycetes Laccaria fraternaa Epigeous Hydnangium carneuma Hypogeous Hymenogaster albusa Hypogeous Hysterangium inflatuma Hypogeous Pisolithus albusa Epigeous Pisolithus microcarpusa ...
Laura Capdevila-Argüelles, Bernardo Zilletti, 2005
5
Growth Control in Woody Plants
Theodore T. Kozlowski, Stephen G. Pallardy. Epigeous Seedlings The physiology of epigeously germinating seedlings varies somewhat among species . The epigeous cotyledons of some species store appreciable amounts of carbohydrates.
Theodore T. Kozlowski, Stephen G. Pallardy, 1997
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Biodiversity of Fungi: Inventory and Monitoring Methods
LIFE. FORMS. Sequestrate fungi in the Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes share a common ancestry with or were derived from epigeous, nonsequestrate forms of cup fungi and mushrooms (Trappe 1979; Miller 1983; Thiers 1984; Bruns et al.
Mercedes S. Foster, Gerald F. Bills, 2011
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Woody Plant Seed Manual
From this stage on germination is either epigeous (cotyledons appearing above the ground) or hypogeous (cotyledons remaining below the surface) (fig. 4). In epigeous germination, a typical hypocotyl arch may be seen emerging from the soil ...
‎1948
8
Mycorrhizas - Functional Processes and Ecological Impact: ...
Whether a species fruits aboveground (epigeous) or belowground (hypogeous) has a profound effect on the maximum distance between individuals at which gene flow can still occur. The epigeous species Russula brevipes exhibited strong ...
Concepción Azcón-Aguilar, Jose Miguel Barea, Silvio Gianinazzi, 2009
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Seed Science and Technology: Indian Forestry Species
seeds retain viability without any significant deterioration for about two years if stored in waterproof containers at 10°C. Germination is epigeous. 62. Pterocarpus m a rs up him Roxb., (Papilionaceae family) Flowers from June to September ...
‎1998
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Issues in Ecosystem Ecology: 2012 Edition
Fungal Ecology INRA, Champenoux: Influence of tree species on richness and diversity of epigeous fungal communities in a French temperate forest stand “ Epigeous saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal sporocarps were assessed ...
‎2013
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