epigeous,a.Bot.|ɛpɪˈdʒiːəs| [f.Gr. ἐπίγει-ος (f. ἐπί upon + γῆ earth) + -ous.] Of plants: Growing close upon the earth. = epigeal a. b. 1835Lindley Introd.Bot. (1848) II. 380. 1847 J. Lindley Elem.Bot. p. xxxvi/2 Epigeous, growing close upon the earth.1866Treas.Bot.