Ad″nate (�), a. [L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See Adnascent, and cf. Agnate.] 1. (Physiol.) Grown to congenitally.
2. (Bot.) Growing together; — said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts.
An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament.
Gray.
3. (Zoöl.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; — a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.