Adnate
Adnate ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Latin adnatus, past participle of adnasci. See Adnascent, and compare Agnate.]
1.
(Physiology) Grown to congenitally.
2.
(Botany) Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts.
An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament.
3.
(Zoology) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.