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adnate
[ ad-neyt ]
adjective
Biology.
- grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
adnate
/ ˈæ»å²Ô±ðɪ³Ù /
adjective
- botany growing closely attached to an adjacent part or organ
adnate
/ ă»å′²ÔÄå³Ù′ /
- Botany.Joined to a part or organ of a different kind, as stamens that are joined to petals.
- Botany.Compare connate
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of adnate1
C17: from Latin ²¹»å²ÔÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, a variant form of ²¹²µ²ÔÄå³Ù³Ü²õ agnate
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Stamens much shorter, barely adherent to their base; anthers linear, much longer than the filaments, adnate and extrorse, but the long narrow cells opening laterally.
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An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament.
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Consisting of the pericarp of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.
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Filaments flattened and adnate to the corolla below.
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The leaves are smooth, 2 to 3 in. broad, with 3 to 5 unequal serrate lobes, and glandular stipules adnate to the stalk.
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