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adnate

ad·nate

uncommon

adjective

1.

of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached

  • “a calyx adnate to the ovary”
Antonyms

Origin

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

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