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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Attached by the base, as certain anthers are to their filaments.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, attached by the base or lower end, as an anther upon the filament.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Said of
anthers who areattached to thefilament at thebase and pointing away from the filament.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks)
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Examples
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Each stamen consists of a very delicate long filament and an anther basifixed to the filament.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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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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