basisoluteadj.
/beɪˈsɪsəʊljuːt/ Botany.
Of leaves: Prolonged at the base below the point of origin.
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creviced1558
bladed1578
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purled1578
rank-toothed1578
fingered1597
cultellated1657
pounced1681
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cuspidate1693
frontated1719
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involute1760
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acerousc1789
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angustate1826
palaceous1832
bicrenate1835
basisolute1847
replicative1852
frontate1855
hastile1857
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Basisolute, a term applied to leaves which, like those of Sedum and Echeveria, are extended downwards below their true origin.
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adj.1847