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Adnate vs Annate - What's the difference?

adnate | annate |

As an adjective adnate

is (botany|mycology) linked or fused to something unlike itself.

As a noun annate is

the first year's profits of a catholic benefice, as traditionally paid directly to the pope.

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 ----

    annate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The first year's profits of a Catholic benefice, as traditionally paid directly to the Pope.
  • * 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 342:
    • When he brings into the Commons a bill to suspend the payment of annates to Rome, he suggests a division of the House.
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