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Answer for the clue "Attached, in biology ", 6 letters:
adnate

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context botany mycology English) link or fused to something unlike itself. 2 (context zoology English) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a calyx adnate to the ovary" [ant: connate ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adnate \Ad"nate\, a. [L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See Adnascent , and cf. Agnate .] (Physiol.) Grown to congenitally. (Bot.) Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts. An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Adnate may refer to: adnation , in botany conjoined twins