adnate

1. (Physiol.) Grown to congenitally. 2. (Bot.) Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts. An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament. Gray. 3. (Zoöl.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

Length: 6Scrabble® value: 7Words With Friends® value: 8

Numerology value: 9 (Pythagorean letter-sum). See what this number means on NumberAngel.

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