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WORDNET DICTIONARY
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
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basal

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Adjective
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ba=sal

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective basal has 3 senses

  • basal(a = adj.all) radical - 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"
  • Derived form noun base5
  • basal(s = adj.all) base - serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"
  • Derived form noun base2
  • basal(s = adj.all) primary - of primary importance;
  • Derived form noun base7

CIDE DICTIONARY

basala. 
     Relating to, or forming, the base.  [1913 Webster]
Basal cleavage. See under Cleavage. -- Basal plane (Crystallog.), a plane parallel to the lateral or horizontal axis.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

basal, adj.
1 of, at, or forming a base.
2 fundamental.

Idiom
basal metabolism the chemical processes occurring in an organism at complete rest.
Etymology
BASE(1) + -AL

THESAURUS

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
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