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 July 2025
(noun) the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound; “the acetylation of cyclooxygenase-2 by aspirin”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
