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

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adnate

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.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Stamens much shorter, barely adherent to their base; anthers linear, much longer than the filaments, adnate and extrorse, but the long narrow cells opening laterally.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Leaves alternate and simple, with stipules adnate to the petiole or wanting.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Petals adnate to the ovary, large; the stamens on its summit.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa