adnexed, ppl. a. Bot.
(ædˈnɛkst)
[f. L. adnex-us, pa. pple. of adnectĕre (see annex v.) + -ed1.]
Applied to the gills of certain fungi that reach but do not join the stem.
| 1836 Berkeley Fungi II. 107 Gills adnexed. 1891 W. G. Smith Berkeley's Outl. Brit. Fungology Suppl. 8 Gills adnexed, shining white. 1947 F. A. & F. T. Wolf Fungi vii. 360 (caption) Diagrams representing the manner in which gills of mushrooms may be attached to the stipe... Free, Adnate, Decurrent,..Adnexed. |