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adnation

American  
[ad-ney-shuhn] / ædˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the condition of being adnate.


Etymology

Origin of adnation

First recorded in 1835–45; adnate + -ion

Example Sentences

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The huge size of some trees has been, in some cases, attributed to the adnation of different stems.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

The adnation of the peduncles of the inflorescences to the stem is typical in Solanum and accidental in many other cases.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de