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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Botany Attached by the base, as certain anthers are to their filaments.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In botany, attached by the base or lower end, as an anther upon the filament.
Wiktionary
- adj. botany Said of anthers who are attached to the filament at the base and pointing away from the filament.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks)
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“Each stamen consists of a very delicate long filament and an anther basifixed to the filament.”
“Like many big cities, Los Angeles is a ingathering of little towns, basifixed together with a grid of routes and freeways.”
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