adnate

[ ad-neyt ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. grown fast to something; congenitally attached.

adnate

/ ˈædneɪt /

adjective

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

adnate

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of adnate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of adnate¹

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

Example Sentences

The pinnules are from a line to two lines long, and are adnate to the secondary rachis by a more or less decurrent base.

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Frustules oblong or quadrate, adnate in filaments, attached by alternate angles and finally separating.

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Frustules in zone view cuneate, adnate in circular or spiral fasci, at length becoming free.

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Stamens twice as many as the lobes of the corolla; filaments flat, united at the base into a short tube; anthers linear, adnate.

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Stamens 6–12, more or less united with the style; anthers adnate, extrorse.

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