adnexed

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English[edit]

Adnexed gills on a mushroom.

Etymology[edit]

From Latin adnexus (annexed, attached).

Adjective[edit]

adnexed (not comparable)

  1. (botany, mycology) Narrowly attached to a stem or stipe.
    In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is adnexed.