Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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basal | No | Yes | No | No |
primary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
basal (noun) | primary (noun) |
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a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen | |
one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing | |
coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit | |
(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it |
basal (adjective) | primary (adjective) |
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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 | of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary |
serving as or forming a base | of or being the essential or basic part |
of or being the essential or basic part | most important element |
not derived from or reducible to something else; basic |