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
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 Gleason, Henry Allan
Involucral leaves connate at base and adnate to the perianth. b.
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
Style filiform, nearly persistent; stigma of 2 broad lamellæ.—Glaucous large-flowered annuals, with more or less clasping and connate leaves, and slender terminal and more or less paniculate 1-flowered peduncles.
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
