Basal \Ba"sal\, a.
Relating to, or forming, the base.
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Basal cleavage. See under Cleavage.
Basal plane (Crystallog.), a plane parallel to the lateral
or horizontal axis.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
basal
adj 1: especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or
stem; especially arising directly from the root or
rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation";
"radical leaves" [syn: radical] [ant: cauline]
2: serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base
coat followed by two finishing coats" [syn: base]
3: of primary importance; "basic truths" [syn: basic, primary]
WordNet (r) 2.0
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "basal":
ab ovo, aboriginal, basic, basilar, beginning, bottom, bottommost,
central, constituent, constitutive, crucial, elemental, elementary,
embryonic, essential, foundational, fundamental, generative,
genetic, germinal, gut, in embryo, in ovo, lowermost, lowest,
material, nethermost, of the essence, original, pregnant, primal,
primary, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, protogenic,
radical, rudimental, rudimentary, seminal, substantial,
substantive, underlying, undermost
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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