adnate

[ ad-neyt ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. grown fast to something; congenitally attached.

adnate

/ ˈædneɪt /

adjective

1. botany growing closely attached to an adjacent part or organ

adnate

/ ăd′nāt′ /

1. Botany.
   Joined to a part or organ of a different kind, as stamens that are joined to petals.
2. Botany.
   Compare connate

Word History and Origins

Origin of adnate¹

1655–65; < Latin adnātus, i.e., ad ( g ) nātus, replacing agnātus agnate

Word History and Origins

Origin of adnate¹

C17: from Latin adnātus, a variant form of agnātus agnate

Example Sentences

Petals adnate to the ovary, large; the stamens on its summit.

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An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament.

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Consisting of the pericarp of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.

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Filaments flattened and adnate to the corolla below.

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The leaves are smooth, 2 to 3 in. broad, with 3 to 5 unequal serrate lobes, and glandular stipules adnate to the stalk.

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