Hypogene

[haipәdʒi:n]

Definition

(a.) Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks. Opposed to epigene.

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Definition

adj. (geol.) of or pertaining to rocks which have assumed their present structure under the surface plutonic:—opp. to Epigene.—adj. Hypog′enous (bot.) produced below the surface of fungi growing on the under side of leaves:—opp. to Epigenous and Epiphyllous.

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