a. [f. AMPHIGEN + -OUS.]

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  1.  Bot. Of or pertaining to the Amphigens; growing all round a central point.

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1835.  Lindley, Introd. Bot. (1848), II. 380. Amphigenous; growing all round an object.

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1857.  Berkeley, Crypt. Bot., § 392. Fructifying surface inferior or amphigenous.

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  2.  Chem. Of the nature or class of an amphigen.

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1879.  Syd. Soc. Lex., s.v. Amphide, They are due to the composition of compounds produced by amphigenous bodies.

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