3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Basal \Ba"sal\, a. 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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
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