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  • Basinerved

    Veined from the base [unusual term].  

  • Basifixed

    (Of anthers) attached to the filament by the base. Used for anthers that are fixed to the filaments by the base.    

  • Basicolous

    Growing on, or preferring, ground with basic (high pH) soils [unusual term].  

  • Basicidal

    (Of a capsule fruit) dehiscing through basal fissures.  

  • Base

    Usually the point of attachment of any organ. In chemistry, the nonacid part of a salt; a substance that combines with acids to form salts; a substance that dissociates to give hydroxide ions in aqueous solutions; a substance whose molecule or ion can combine with a proton (hydrogen ion); a substance capable of donating a…

  • Basal

    At or near the base; also proximal; In a phylogenetic tree, a lineage arising near or nearer the base, hence early; Of placentation, when the ovules are attached to a central columnar placenta arising from the base of the ovary but not reaching the top. Arising from or positioned at the base. At, or forming…

  • Barren

    Barren

    Sterile, not producing seed. Unable to produce young; sterile.  

  • Barrel-shaped

    Barrel-shaped

    (Of 3-dimensional shapes) resembling a barrel, i.e. shortly and broadly cylindrical, but tapering slightly at base and apex.  

  • Barred

    Marked with closely parallel lines.  

  • Bark

    Bark

    Outermost layer of stems and roots in woody plants; all tissue outside the cambium. Outer surface of the trunk of a tree or woody shrub. They are all the tissues out side the cambium. The outside covering of a woody stem. The protective surface layer of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub,…

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