adnascent

[Lat. adnascens, pr. par. of adnascor to be born in addition to: ad = to; nascor to be born.] Nascent to, growing to or from. [ADNATA.] "Mo , which is an adnascent plant, is to be rubbed and scraped off with some instrument of wood which may not excorticate the tree."- Evelyn : Sylva, ii. 7, § 8. ad-nā-ta, S. [Lat. adnata, fem. sing. and neut. pl. of adnatus born in addition to: fr. adnascor.] I. Fem . singular: Anat. One of the coats of the eye, the same that is called also Albuginea . It lies between the sclerotic a and the conjunctiva. II. Neut . plural : 1. Biol . Hair, wool, or any similar covering attached to plants or animals. Also excrescences on them, such as fungi, lichens, . 2. Gardening: Offsets proceeding from the roots of the lily, the hyacinth, and various plants of similar organisation, and which after a time become true roots. Fuchsius called them also Adnascent i a, or appendices. ad-nā'te, a. [From Lat. adnatus .] [ADNATA.] Biol. Adhering to the face of anything. Bot. Adnate applied to the anther of a flower implies that it is attached to the filament by its back. Had it been attached by its side, it would have been called innate ; and by a single point, versatile. Applied to the lamellæ or gills of an Agaric us, it signifies that the ends nearest the stipes, or stalk, cohere with it.