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
Example Sentences
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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 Asa Gray
An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Staminodia none; filaments adnate to the campanulate corolla up to the sinuses; anthers 2-celled.
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
The leaves are smooth, 2 to 3 in. broad, with 3 to 5 unequal serrate lobes, and glandular stipules adnate to the stalk.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
Stamens 6; anthers linear, on short filaments, adnate, usually introrse; the cells opening down the margins.
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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