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connate

[kon-ayt] / ˈkɒn eɪt /




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Water trapped in the unconnected pores of the rock during the processes of deposition and lithification is called connate water.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017

Men most often weaponize the term, using it to connate unwarranted bitterness and dismiss arguments. When either does so, I respond plainly, “I am not a feminist.”

From Salon ● May 17, 2016

Stipules none; leaves slightly connate at base, subulate Knawel, Scleranthus annuus. 1b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason

P. compressum                             ++ Sporangia typically globose, umbilicate below, connate, etc., strongly calcareous 39.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

Leaf-bases broadly connate and 2-5 cm. wide Feverwort, Triosteum perfoliatum. 4b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason


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