adnascent
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin adnascens, present participle of adnasci (“to be born, grow”).
Adjective[edit]
adnascent (not comparable)
- Growing to or on something else.
- 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], OCLC 926218248:II. vii. § 8.
- Moss, which an adnascent plant […]
References[edit]
- adnascent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- adnascent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911