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‖n. [ NL.; Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + pw`gwn the beard. ] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including Andropogon sorghum and Andropogon halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as Andropogon nardus and Andropogon schœnanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. 1 the evolution or genesis of the human race.
Syn. -- anthropogeny. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to anthropogenesis; caused by mankind or by humans.
Syn. -- anthropogenic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to anthropogeny. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (1923) caused by humans; -- as, the anthropogenic extinction of species. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; birth. ] The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + geography. ] The science of the human species as to geographical distribution and environment. Broadly, it includes industrial, commercial, and political geography, and that part of ethnology which deals with distribution and physical environment. -- An`thro*po*ge*og"ra*pher n. -- An`thro*po*ge`o*graph"ic*al a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_;, &unr_;, tongue. ] (Zool.) An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -graphy. ] That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; far from the earth. ] Apogean. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to apogamy.
Syn. -- apogamous, apogametic [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to apogamy.
Syn. -- apogamic, apogametic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Astron.) Apogean. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; from the earth; &unr_; from + &unr_;, &unr_;, earth: cf. F. apogée. ] 1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; earth + &unr_; turning. ] (Bot.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; from + &unr_; to write: cf. F. apographe. ] A copy or transcript. Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; ap- (L. ad) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr. L. podium an elevated place. ] (Mus.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Phys. Geog.) A system of land forms produced by the free action of rain and streams on rocks of uniform texture. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Auto- + typography. ] A process resembling “nature printing, ” by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from copperplate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of terrestrial orchids of North America.
Syn. -- genus Calopogon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. karpo`s fruit + -gen. ] (Bot.) Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the type genus of the Ceratopogonidae.
Syn. -- genus Ceratopogon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of insects including the biting midges and sand flies.
Syn. -- family Ceratopogonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of plants consisting of one species, the Australian pea.
Syn. -- genus Dipogon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Ectype + -graphy. ] A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.

n. [ F. hippogriffe; cf. It. ippogrifo. See Hippopotamus, Griffon. ] (Myth.) A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + Gr. &unr_; fruit + &unr_; earth. ] (Bot.) Producing fruit below the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + Gr. gai^a, gh^, earth. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the peanut, or earthnut (Arachis hypogæa). [ 1913 Webster ]

Hypogæic acid (Chem.), an acid in the oil of the earthnut, in which it exists as a glyceride, and from which it is extracted as a white, crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. hypogastrique. See Hypogastrium. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hypogastric region. (a) The lower part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen below the umbilical and between the two iliac regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; under + &unr_; belly. ] (Anat.) The lower part of the abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + Gr. &unr_; earth. ] (Bot.) Hypogeous. [ Written also hypogæan. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + the root of Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born: cf. F. hypogène. ] (Geol.) Formed or crystallized at depths beneath 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Hypogean. ] (Bot.) Growing under ground; remaining under ground; ripening its fruit under ground. [ Written also hypogæous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Hypogea [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, subterranean; &unr_; under + &unr_;, &unr_;, the earth. ] (Anc. Arch.) The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + Gr. &unr_; the tongue. ] (Anat.) Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue. -- n. One of the hypoglossal nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + Gr. &unr_; the jaw. ] (Zool.) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An hypogynous plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + Gr. &unr_; woman, female: cf. F. hypogyne. ] (Bot.) Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Hyppogriff. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; beard. ] (Zool.) Having the two webs equal in breadth; -- said of feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. lei`pein, lipei^n, to leave, omit + -gram. ] A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. lipogra`mmatos: cf. F. lipogrammatique. ] Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. lipogrammatiste. ] One who makes a lipogram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Photogrammetry. -- Pho`to*top`o*graph"ic Pho`to*top`o*graph"ic*al a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Photo- + typography. ] Same as Phototypy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ North Amer. Indian. ] An aboriginal weapon consisting of a stone or piece of antler fastened to the end of a slender wooden handle, used by American Indians from the Great Plains to the Mackenzie River. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]