adnate

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Adnate gills on a mushroom.

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From Latin adnatus, past participle of variant form of agnascor (born or growing at or upon)

[edit] Adjective

adnate (comparative more adnate, superlative most adnate)

  1. (botany, mycology) Linked or fused to something unlike itself.
    Adnate mushroom gills are broadly attached to the stalk slightly above the bottom of the gill, with most of the gill fused to the stem.

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[edit] Verb

adnāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of adnō
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