Meaning of "hypogeal"

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• Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 15:12:20 -0600
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One of my catalogs has the following entry regarding the planting of Marah
oreganus seed:

"Plant the seed two or three times its diameter as germination is hypogeal."

Exactly what is hypogeal germination?

Don Martinson
dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu

"Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies.
Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."

Jimmy Johnson - "Arlo & Janis"

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