basiscopic

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪk

Adjective

basiscopic (not comparable)

1. Toward or facing the base; away from the apex.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:

     In Lejeuneaceae vegetative branches normally originate from the basiscopic basal portion of a lateral segment half, as in the Radulaceae, and the associated leaves, therefore, are quite unmodified.

Antonyms

• acroscopic