ADJECTIVE | all | basal, radical | especially of leaves |
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all | basal, elementary, elemental, primary | of or being the essential or basic part | |
all | basal, base | of primary importance |
Sounds | bey'sahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock / rootstock or a root-like stem. | |
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Example | "basal placentation" | |
Synonym | radical | |
Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
Opposite | cauline | especially of leaves |
Spanish | basal, radical | |
Catalan | basal, radical | |
Nouns | base | (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment |
Meaning | Of or being the essential or basic part. | |
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Synonyms | elementary, elemental, primary | |
Broader | basic | pertaining to or constituting / constituting a base or basis |
Spanish | básico, elemental | |
Catalan | bàsic, elemental, primordial |
Meaning | Of primary importance. | |
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Synonym | base | |
Broader | basic | pertaining to or constituting / constituting a base or basis |
Spanish | basal, fundamental | |
Nouns | base | lowest support of a structure |
base | the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated / calculated or explained |
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