adnexed

English
Adnexed gills on a mushroom.

Etymology

From Latin adnexus (“annexed, attached”).

Adjective

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.
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