Thesaurus: adnate

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1. a. Grown to congenitally.
2. a. Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts.
3. a. Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
4. adj. of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached
5. 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. (Zoöl.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
6. a. of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached