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| grown fast to something; congenitally attached. |
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adj. Biology United to a part or organ of a different kind, as stamens attached to petals. [Latin adnātus, variant of agnātus, past participle of agnāscī, to grow upon; see agnate.] ad·na'tion n. |
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| of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a calyx adnate to the ovary" [ant: connate] |
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Botany Joined to a part or organ of a different kind, as stamens that are joined to petals. Compare connate. |
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Adnate
Ad"nate\, a. [L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See Adnascent, and cf. Agnate.]1. (Physiol.) Grown to congenitally. 2. (Bot.) Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts. An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament. --Gray. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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