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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 are attached to the filament at the base 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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  • 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

  • Like many big cities, Los Angeles is a ingathering of little towns, basifixed together with a grid of routes and freeways.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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