Adnexed

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Narrowly attached to a stem or stipe. not-comparable

    "In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is adnexed."

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"In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is adnexed."

Etymology

From Latin adnexus (“annexed, attached”).

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