Definition of "basifixed" []

• Botany Attached by the base, as certain anthers are to their filaments. (adjective)

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• "Each stamen consists of a very delicate long filament and an anther basifixed to the filament."
• "Like many big cities, Los Angeles is a ingathering of little towns, basifixed together with a grid of routes and freeways."