adnate

1. a. Grown to congenitally. Source: opted

2. a. Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts. Source: opted

3. a. Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. Source: opted

4. adj. of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

6. a. of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached Source: ecdict

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