Associations to the word «Adnate»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
ADNATE, adjective. (botany) (mycology) Linked or fused to something unlike itself.
ADNATE, adjective. (zoology) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
Dictionary definition
ADNATE, adjective. Of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a calyx adnate to the ovary".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.