adnate

[ad-neyt]

adjective Biology.

grown fast to something; congenitally attached.

Origin of adnate

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

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Historical Examples of adnate

When they are attached squarely and firmly to the stem they are said to be adnate.
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The gills are broad, close, adnate, whitish or pale cinereous.
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The gills are adnate or decurrent, thick, soft, margin obtuse.
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The gills are subdistant, adnate, or decurrent, white or creamy-white.
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The tubes are adnate, their mouths large, unequal; lemon-yellow.
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British Dictionary definitions for adnate

adnate

adjective

botany growing closely attached to an adjacent part or organ

Word Origin for adnate

C17: from Latin adnātus, a variant form of agnātus agnate

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adnate in Science

adnate

[ăd′nāt′]

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