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Definition of Adnation
1. n. The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.
Definition of Adnation
1. Noun. (botany) The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adnation
1. the state of being adnate [n -S]
Medical Definition of Adnation
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Adnation
Literary usage of Adnation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"adnation, or Consolidation, is the union of the members of parts belonging to
... 270, Flax-flower, there is no adnation; sepals, petals, and stamens, ..."
2. Apgar's Plant Analysisby Ellis A. Apgar by Ellis A. Apgar (1876)
"adnation, number of cells, placentation. Anthers. — Form, cells, dehiscence. .
Fruit. — Dehiscence, kind. Pistil. ..."
3. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1879)
"adnation is heterogeneous organic cohesion or adhesion : coalescence is ...
adnation occurs in very various degrees, and affects either some or all ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"In some remarks before the Academy on July 14th, in reference to adnation in the
leaves of Conifera, I said that the power to branch was the test of vigor; ..."
5. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"adnation brings some other terms into use in botanical descriptions, especially
those of superior and inferior. In this connection, these words (in Latin ..."
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