Biology (chiefly Botany). Not fused or attached to an adjacent structure.

Botany. Not adhering; separate.

Botany and Zoology. Congenitally united, so as to have the form of one compound organ or body; used, e.g. of leaves united at the base; of elytra…

spec. (Zoology, Botany, etc.). Separated (wholly or partially) from the parent or from one another; not aggregated.

Botany. United externally to each other: of organs of the same kind, as of two or more anthers

Botany. Of an organ of an inflorescence: superficially attached to another dissimilar part, as a stamen to a petal. Frequently with to. Cf. adnate…

Of two parts (of a plant or animal): naturally attached or united, esp. by their entire surfaces. In later use chiefly Botany.

spec. in Botany: United by cohesion, n.

Adhered; (esp. of hyphae) that have grown or become clumped together. Cf. accrete, adj. 1.

Botany. Designating parts of a plant which are usually separate but which have grown together by adhesion of external parts. Now rare.

Joined together; congenitally united.

= connate, adj.

Botany. (See quots., and cf. inseparation, n.)