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adnation

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ad⋅na⋅tion

  [ad-ney-shuhn]
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–noun
adnate condition.
Origin:
1835–45; < L adnātiōn-, for agnātiōn- agnation; see adnate
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ad·nate   (ād'nāt')   
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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