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CONNATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does connate mean?
• CONNATE (adjective)
The adjective CONNATE has 2 senses:
1. of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united
2. related in nature
Familiarity information: CONNATE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united
Context example:
a connate tomato flower
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Antonym:
adnate (of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Related in nature
Synonyms:
cognate; connate
Context example:
connate qualities
Similar:
related; related to (being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics)
Context examples
The regular flowers have five short, subequal, entire, imbricate, basally connate sepals, and five persistent-withering yellow petals.
(Hypericum perforatum, NCI Thesaurus)
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