Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Closely joined; grown together; united.
from The Century Dictionary.
- United or joined.
- Specifically— In entomology, united without perceptible articulation; connate.
- In botany, same as
adnate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Closely
joined (by growing together)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Late Latin coadūnātus, past participle of coadūnāre, to combine : Latin co-, co- + Latin adūnāre, to unite (ad-, ad- + ūnus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots).]
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Examples
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"Humanity," said Elizabeth, "occupies a similarly equivocal position among the coadunate races of the Galactic Milieu."
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
whichbe commented on the word coadunate
To unite; to combine. (from Phrontistery)
May 25, 2008