GEOPHILIC

Etymology

Adjective

geophilic (comparative more geophilic, superlative most geophilic)

(zoology) Spending all or a stage of the life cycle underground; exhibiting geophily.

(botany) Fruiting and/or flowering at or below ground level; exhibiting geophily.

Source: Wiktionary



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UNDERLAY

(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”


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