connate

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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

In some of the species this sheath is connate with the base of the stem, firm and persistent.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

Leaf-bases narrowly connate, not over 1 cm. wide Feverwort, Triosteum aurantiacum. 5a.

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

Perianth connate at base with the inner involucral leaves, somewhat surpassing them, 3–8-carinate, the mouth constricted.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa