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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not adhering; specifically, in botany, free, or not attached to any other organ, as a calyx when perfectly detached from the ovary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not adhering.
  • adjective (Bot.) Free; not connected with the other organs.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not adhering.
  • adjective botany Free; not connected with the other organs.

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in- +‎ adherent

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