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