epigene

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English

Etymology

From epi- +‎ -gene.

Adjective

epigene (not comparable)

  1. (crystallography) Foreign; unusual; not natural to the substance in which it was found.
  2. (mineralogy) Of or pertaining to the region just below the surface of the earth.