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coadunate

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co⋅ad⋅u⋅nate

  [koh-aj-uh-nit, -neyt]
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–adjective Zoology, Botany.
united by growth.
Origin:
1600–10; < LL coadūnātus (ptp. of coadūnāre to unite), equiv. to co- co- + ad- ad- + ūn(us) one + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
co⋅ad⋅u⋅na⋅tion, noun
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co·ad·u·nate   (kō-āj'ə-nĭt, -nāt')   
adj.  Closely joined; grown together; united.

[Late Latin coadūnātus, past participle of coadūnāre, to combine : Latin co-, co- + Latin adūnāre, to unite (ad-, ad- + ūnus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots).]
co·ad'u·na'tion (-nā'shən) n., co·ad'u·na'tive adj.
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