adosculation

== English == === Etymology === From Latin adosculari, adosculatum (“to kiss”). See osculate. === Noun === adosculation (uncountable) (biology, botany) impregnation by external contact, without intromission === References === “adosculation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.