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adnate

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6 lettersPart of speech adjectiveSorted aadentStarts with AEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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