adnate, a.
(ˈædneɪt)
[ad. L. adnāt-us, more commonly agnātus, f. ad to + (g)nātus born. See also agnate.]
† 1. Added to something naturally existing. Obs.
| 1677 Gale Crt. of Gentiles II. iv. 141 There is an adnate or acquired hardnesse by custome in sin. |
2. Phys. and Bot. Attached congenitally by the whole surface; grown to congenitally.
| 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 312 The pancreas..is adnate to the fundus of the ventricle. 1666 J. Smith Solomon's Old Age (1752) 155 The adnate or the enate parts, either the epiphyses or the apophyses of the bones. 1696 Phillips, Adnate Tunicle, the common Membrane of the Eye called Conjunctive. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 11 The ovarium, to the surface of which it is adnate. 1856 Woodward Mollusca 130 Eye-pedicels short, adnate with the tentacles, externally. 1857 Henfrey Elem. Bot. §202 If the filament runs up the back of the anther as it were..the anther is adnate. |