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BASIPETAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does basipetal mean?
• BASIPETAL (adjective)
The adjective BASIPETAL has 1 sense:
1. of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from apex to base
Familiarity information: BASIPETAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from apex to base
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Antonym:
acropetal (of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex)
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