| Pronunciation: | | 'adneyt
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] (biology) of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a calyx adnate to the ovary" |
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ADNATE is a 6 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Antonyms: | | connate |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | In botany terminology, describes a plant part which is fused to an organ of a different kind, e.g. a stamen fused to a petal. |
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