basipetal
/beɪˈsɪpɪtəl/adjective
1- Botany (of growth or development) downwards towards the base or point of attachment.【植】(生长, 发育)向基的; 从顶端向基部生长的。ACROPETAL的反义词。
1.1
- (of the movement of dissolved substances) inwards from the shoot and root apices(物质溶解时的运动)向基的。
派生词
basipetally
adverb词源
mid 19th cent.: from BASIS + Latin petere 'seek' + -AL.