adnate
(adjective) of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; “a calyx adnate to the ovary”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
• 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
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
