English Explanatory Dictionary

adnate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate.
  2. Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently

Word forms

adnate more adnate most adnate

Etymology

From Latin adnatus, past participle of variant form of agnascor (“born or growing at or upon”).

Antonyms

connate

Derived words

adnately adnation semiadnate subadnate
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