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(In Cyperaceae), stalk-like constricted basal part of ovary; Hardened dics at base of achene.  

(Of germination) under the earth surface; cotyledons remaining underground and nonphotosynthetic. Below the surface of the soil.  

Under the earth’s surface.  

Layer of cells immediately below the epidermis. The tissue layer beneath the skin proper. The tissue layer located under the skin.  

Beneath the epidermis.  

With slender tube and abruptly widening limb. Salver-shaped.  

(In a seed or seedling) that part of the main axis below the junction of the cotyledons but above the radicle. The part of a seedling below the cotyledons and above the roots.  

(In an orchid flower) the basal part of a lip that is divided into two or three distinct parts. In the Helleborines (part of t he Orchid family), the (often cup-shaped) inner segment of the lip of the flower.  

With a single main vein, all other venation absent or invisible.