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
14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
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