- adnascent
- adnascent /ad-nasˈənt or -nāˈsənt/adjectiveGrowing together with or upon something elseORIGIN: L adnāscēns, -entis, prp of adnāsci, from ad to, and nāscī to be born
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Adnascent — Ad*nas cent, a. [L. adnascens, p. pr. of adnasci to be born, grow.] Growing to or on something else. An adnascent plant. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Adnate — Ad nate, a. [L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See {Adnascent}, and cf. {Agnate}.] 1. (Physiol.) Grown to congenitally. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Growing together; said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts. [1913 Webster] An anther is adnate when… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adnascence — (ædˈnæsəns) [f. adnascent on anal. of ns. in nce, a. Fr. nce: L. ntia.] Adhesion of parts to each other, by the whole surface. Syd. Soc. Lex … Useful english dictionary
