adnascent
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin adnascens, present participle of adnasci (“to be born, grow”).
Adjective edit
adnascent (not comparable)
- Growing to or on something else.
- 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:II. vii. § 8.
- Moss, which an adnascent plant […]
References edit
- “adnascent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “adnascent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.