| This term is the counterpart of coalescent, as free is the counterpart of adnate. |
| The gills are adnate, or sinuate, rarely decurrent, and in one species they are free. |
| Five united stamens are adnate to the top of the pistil, which is made up of five connate carpels. |
| Frustules oblong or quadrate, adnate in filaments, attached by alternate angles and finally separating. |
| The tubular corollas of male parent plants were first sectioned longitudinally, then sections with adnate stamens and corolla portions were removed with a forceps. |
| The ridge or adnate funicle which in an anatropous ovule connects the two ends. |
