\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. (Zo["o]l.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a
   term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other
   compound animals.