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Definition of adnate

Adnate
Adnate Ad"nate, a. [L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See Adnascent, and cf. Agnate.] 1. (Physiol.) Grown to congenitally. 2. (Bot.) Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts. An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament. --Gray. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

Meaning of adnate from wikipedia

- Look up adnate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Adnate may refer to: Adnation, in botany, the fusion of two or more whorls of a flower Adnate, in mycology...
- Morphologically, gills are classified according to their attachment to the stipe: Adnate Adnexed Decurrent Emarginate Free Seceding Sinuate Subdecurrent See Tom...
- leaflets the leaf has, the rarer it is; see four-leaf clover), with sti****s adnate to the leaf-stalk, and heads or dense spikes of small red, purple, white...
- Stamen Stamens can also be adnate (fused or joined from more than one whorl): epipetalous: adnate to the corolla epiphyllous: adnate to undifferentiated tepals...
- conical to convex cap 2.5 to 8 centimetres (1 to 3+1⁄4 in) in diameter, adnate gills and a 5.5 to 11 cm (2+1⁄4 to 4+1⁄4 in) tall stipe. British naturalist...
- in three or more whorls. The flowers are hermaphroditic, with numerous adnate carpels and stamens arranged in a spiral fashion on the elongated receptacle...
- Mycological characteristics Gills on hymenium Cap is convex Hymenium is adnate Stipe is bare Spore print is white Ecology is saprotrophic Edibility is...
- connected to the stalks holding the flowers, but are adnate or attached to the main stem (Adnate describes the fusing together of different unrelated...
- slightly hygrophanous, turning greenish or blue where damaged. Gills: Broadly adnate to adnexed attachment, close, starting out gray and turning black as the...
- which disappear with age or rain; its odor is mild. The gills are brown and adnate to slightly decurrent. The stalk is 1–5 cm tall and 2–4 mm wide. The spores...