Basal cell


any cell situated at the base of a multilayered tissue, as at the lowest layer of the epidermis.
Historical Examples

The antheridium consists at first of a basal cell and a terminal one.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany Douglas Houghton Campbell

B, Formation of the first spore-mother-cell (sm), from the basal cell (a) of one of the rows of spores.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 Various

basal cell n.
A type of cell found in the deepest layer of the epithelium.

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