hypogeal, a.
(hɪpəʊ-, haɪpəʊˈdʒiːəl)
Also -gæal.
[f. as next + -al1. The form hypogæal is perh. after late Attic ὑπόγαιος, f. γαῖα earth.]
= hypogean, subterranean.
| 1686 Plot Staffordsh. 80 Hypogeal heats or Estuaries. 1886 Athenæum 7 Aug. 182/3 This Roman site..is certain to reveal a rich hypogeal harvest. 1898 Ibid. 19 Feb. 252/1 The arrangement of the bundles in the fleshy hypogaeal cotyledons. |