adnate

Pronunciation key ( ad′nāte )

ad•nate

adj.

[L. adnatus pp. of adnasci to be born, to grow to or on].

In botany and zoology, congenitally joined together. Said with regard to fused, unlike parts such as stamens and petals; see CONNATE.

References

Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955