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Adnate vs Episepalous - What's the difference?

adnate | episepalous |

As adjectives the difference between adnate and episepalous

is that adnate is linked or fused to something unlike itself while episepalous is growing on the sepals or adnate to them.

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 ----

    episepalous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.
    • (Webster 1913)