adnate

Ad"nate, a. Etym: [L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See Adnascent, and cf. Agnate.] 1. (Physiol.) Defn: Grown to congenitally. 2. (Bot.) Defn: 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. (Zoöl.) Defn: Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

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