epigeal

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐπίγειος (epígeios, “on the earth”) + -al. === Adjective === epigeal (not comparable) (biology) Living near the surface of the ground (botany, of a cotyledon) Emerging above the surface of the ground after being germinated ==== Coordinate terms ==== hypogeal ==== Related terms ==== epigean, epigeic, epigeous ==== Translations ====