Basal vs Suprabasal - What's the difference?
basal | suprabasal |
Relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
(chiefly, systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier.
As adjectives the difference between basal and suprabasal
is that basal is relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin while suprabasal is above a basal layer.As a noun basal
is (anatomy) any basal structure or part.basal
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Hittite is a basal Indo-European language.
- A magnolia is a basal angiosperm.