adnate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Botany Joined to a part or organ of a different kind, as stamens that are joined to petals.
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Botany Compare connate
Etymology
Origin of adnate
1655–65; < Latin adnātus, i.e., ad ( g ) nātus, replacing agnātus agnate
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Seeds 2 or more, bony, in a 2-beaked woody pod opening above, the base adnate to the calyx-tube.
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 Asa Gray
Calyx-tube.—Very long and slender; adnate to the ovary; its limb of five slender divisions.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Involucral leaves connate at base and adnate to the perianth. b.
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 Asa Gray
Filaments long and slender; adnate to the corolla below.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
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 Asa Gray
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