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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
ab ovo, aboriginal, basic, basilar, beginning, bottom, bottommost, central, constituent, constitutive, crucial, elemental, elementary, embryonic, essential, foundational, fundamental, generative, genetic, germinal, gut, in embryo, in ovo, lowermost, lowest, material, nethermost, of the essence, original, pregnant, primal, primary, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, protogenic, radical, rudimental, rudimentary, seminal, substantial, substantive, underlying, undermost
Dictionary Results for basal:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
basal
    adj 1: especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or
           stem; especially arising directly from the root or
           rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation";
           "radical leaves" [syn: radical, basal] [ant:
           cauline]
    2: serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base
       coat followed by two finishing coats" [syn: basal, base]
    3: of primary importance [syn: basal, primary]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Basal \Ba"sal\, a.
   Relating to, or forming, the base.
   [1913 Webster]

   Basal cleavage. See under Cleavage.

   Basal plane (Crystallog.), a plane parallel to the lateral
      or horizontal axis.
      [1913 Webster]

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