Basal: alternatives and connections

Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

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Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

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The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.

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The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.

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The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air.

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Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance.

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First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.

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Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.

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Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis.

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Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis.

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