adnate

American  

[ad-neyt] / ˈæd neɪt /

adjective

Biology.

1. grown fast to something; congenitally attached.

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adnate British  

/ ˈædneɪt /

adjective

1. botany growing closely attached to an adjacent part or organ

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adnate Scientific  

/ ăd′nāt′ /

1. Botany Joined to a part or organ of a different kind, as stamens that are joined to petals.

2. Botany Compare connate

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Etymology

Origin of adnate

1655–65; < Latin adnātus, i.e., ad ( g ) nātus, replacing agnātus agnate

Example Sentences

Filaments broad and flat, adherent to the corolla up to the sinuses, short; anthers adnate, of 2 ovoid pointless cells, diverging below, each opening therefore by a transverse-descending line.

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An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament.

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Consisting of the pericarp of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.

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Leaves.—Palmately divided, with from one to sixteen leaflets; stipules adnate; seldom conspicuous.

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The leaves are smooth, 2 to 3 in. broad, with 3 to 5 unequal serrate lobes, and glandular stipules adnate to the stalk.

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