Adnate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Biology United to a part or organ of a different kind, as stamens attached to petals.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Linked or fused to something unlike itself.
  • adj. Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Grown to congenitally.
  • adj. Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts.
  • adj. Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In physiology and botany, congenitally attached or grown together. See adnation. Also coadnate, coadunate, coadunated, and consolidated.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached
    • Antonym
    connate   
    Cross Reference
    adnate anther   
    Form
    adnation   
     
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