Adnate
(a.) Grown to congenitally. (a.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. (a.) Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts. | ||||
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ADNATE Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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adnate
Adjective
1. of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a calyx adnate to the ovary"
(antonym) connate
(classification) biology, biological science
Adjective
1. of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a calyx adnate to the ovary"
(antonym) connate
(classification) biology, biological science
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adnate
adnate
\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.
3. (zo?l.) growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
adnate
\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.
3. (zo?l.) growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
ADNATE Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| A Botanical Glossary of Taxonomic Terminology |
ADNATE
with one organ united to another
with one organ united to another