What does hypocarpogean mean?
Hypocarpogean means (botany) Fruiting underground..
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(botany) Fruiting underground..
On pulling the plant up I found that it was to a certain extent hypocarpogean, for the lower branches had ripened their fruit, and the pods had, as it were, wormed themselves underground, and germination had already commenced, the higher parts of the plant being at the same time in flower.
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Hypocarpogean means (botany) Fruiting underground..
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On pulling the plant up I found that it was to a certain extent hypocarpogean, for the lower branches had ripened their fruit, and the pods had, as it were, wormed themselves underground, and germination had already commenced, the higher parts of the plant being at the same time in flower.
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