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Adnate - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As an adjective adnate

is linked or fused to something unlike itself.

adnate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (botany, mycology) Linked or fused to something unlike itself.
    • Adnate mushroom gills are broadly attached to the stalk slightly above the bottom of the gill, with most of the gill fused to the stem.
    An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament.
  • (zoology) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

    • Derived terms

    * adnation

    Antonyms

    * connate ----

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.