Epigene

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epigene \Ep"i*gene\, a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. ? to be born, grow.]
     1. (Crystallog.) Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of
        forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which
        they are found.
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     2. (Geol.) Formed originating on the surface of the earth; --
        opposed to {hypogene}; as, epigene rocks.
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