basal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: basal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for basal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basal adj 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" Synonym(s): radical, basal Antonym(s): cauline serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" Synonym(s): basal, base of primary importance Synonym(s): basal, primary
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Basal \Ba"sal\, a. Relating to, or forming, the base. {Basal cleavage}. See under {Cleavage}. {Basal plane} (Crystallog.), one parallel to the lateral or horizontal axis.