English-Finnish translations for adnate

Definition of adnate

  • Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a ''stamen'to a ''petal'is '''adnate''', while attachment of a stamen to ''another stamen'is connate
  • Growing with one side adherent to a stem; ''applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals''. ''in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently''

Examples

  • 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.
  • An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament.

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