adnate

Adjective

• Congenitally joined or united with an organ of a different kind.
• of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached
  • "a calyx adnate to the ovary"

Adj

• 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.
• The letters on his rack seemed adnate, refusing to form any good words.

Antonyms

connate