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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ad·nate /ˈædˌnet/
 (a.)合生的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ad·nate a.
 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. Zool. Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 adnate
      adj : of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a
            calyx adnate to the ovary" [ant: connate]