Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adnate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: ad-nate
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate.

adj

Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently

Example Sentences

"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."
"The ovary is more adnate to the calyx than in any other species of the genus."
"Morphologically and chemically X. isidiigera is also similar to X. australasica, but the isidia are typically thinner and more coralloid branched and the thallus more adnate in the latter species."
"Morphologically, Hypotrachyna kriegeri closely resembles more adnate morphotypes of H. imbricatula."
"It differs from N. eleutherus by possessing a more adnate adipose fin and more prominent saddles and from N. albater by having 8 soft pectoral rays, a submarginal adipose bar, and no prominent basicaudal bar (Douglas 1972)."

Etymology

From Latin adnatus, past participle of variant form of agnascor (“born or growing at or upon”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: adnatus

Inflected Forms

more adnate (comparative) most adnate (superlative)

Derived Forms

adnately adnation semiadnate subadnate

Antonyms

connate

Questions

What does adnate mean?: Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate.
Where does adnate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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