Adherent

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Sticking; clinging; adhering.

II. Adherent ·adj Attached as an attribute or circumstance.

III. Adherent ·noun That which adheres; an Appendage.

IV. Adherent ·adj Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.

V. Adherent ·noun One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.