ADNATE

adnate

(adjective) of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; “a calyx adnate to the ovary”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

adnate (comparative more adnate, superlative most adnate)

(botany, mycology) Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate.

(zoology) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently

Antonyms

• connate

Source: Wiktionary

Ad"nate, a. Etym: [L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See Adnascent, and cf. Agnate.]

1. (Physiol.)

Definition: Grown to congenitally.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: 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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition