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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adnate adj : (biology) of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a calyx adnate to the ovary" [ant: {connate}]
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