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ABOVEGROUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aboveground mean?
• ABOVEGROUND (adjective)
The adjective ABOVEGROUND has 1 sense:
1. on or above the surface of the ground
Familiarity information: ABOVEGROUND used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
On or above the surface of the ground
Context example:
surface transportation
Similar:
surface (on the surface)
Context examples
Also, plants, aboveground arthropods, and belowground animals were positively affected by mechanical weeding, compared with herbicide-based weeding.
(Greener palm oil possible without sacrificing profit, SciDev.Net)
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