adnexed

adjective

ad·​nexed

(ˈ)ad-¦nekst

botany

: reaching to the stem, but not attached to it

—used of the gills of some agarics

Word History

Etymology

Latin adnexus "attached, conjoined" + -ed entry 2

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

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