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.

• (Botony)linked or fused to something unlike itself
  
• a plant part that is grown fast to a dissimilar part