Adnate

[ædneit]

(adj.) of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; 'a calyx adnate to the ovary' .

Typist: Wolfgang--From WordNet

(a.) Grown to congenitally.

(a.) Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts.

(a.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

Typist: Zamenhof

adj. (bot.) growing close to the stem.

Edited by Jeffrey