Yes, exactly! T > From: jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:10:52 -0500 > Subject: Re: [pbs] Define Epigeal and Hypogeal > > I agree with Tim that the meanings of epigeal and hypogeal, at least at a > literal level, are clear, and that the uncertainty Jim Shields has > expressed is due to his associating the word germination (instead of the > word cotyledon) with the words epigeal and hypogeal. > > > > I think what Jim Shields has called epigeal germination and hypogeal > germination might better be called epigeal cotyledon and hypogeal cotyledon. > That leaves us with four categories: epigeal cotyledons, hypogeal > cotyledons, epigeal germination and hypogeal germination. Punnett square, > anyone? >