adnate

Adjective

ad=nate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

adnate(a = adj.all) - of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a calyx adnate to the ovary"

adnate, a. [L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See Adnascent, and cf. Agnate.].

Grown to congenitally. [1913 Webster]
Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts. [1913 Webster]
"An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament." [1913 Webster]
Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. [1913 Webster]