About The Word Adnate
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Adnate
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What's The Definition Of Adnate?
[adj] (biology) of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a calyx adnate to the ovary"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Adnate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Adnate: See Also | Adnate In Webster's Dictionary \Ad"nate\, a. [L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See
{Adnascent}, and cf. {Agnate}.]
1. (Physiol.) Grown to congenitally.
2. (Bot.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a
term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other
compound animals.
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