Definition of Connation

1. n. Connection by birth; natural union.

Definition of Connation

1. Noun. (obsolete) connection by birth; natural union ¹

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Definition of Connation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Connation

conks
conky
conky joe
conky joes
conlang
conlangs
conman
conmen
conn
connaisseur
connaisseurs
connascence
connascent
connate
connately
connation (current term)
connations
connatural
connaturalities
connaturality
connaturalize
connaturalized
connaturalizes
connaturalizing
connaturally
connaturalness
connature
connatures
conne
connect

Literary usage of Connation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essentials of vegetable pharmacognosy: A Treatise on Structural Botany by Henry Hurd Rusby, Smith Ely Jelliffe (1895)
"When connation does not exist the parts are said to be Distinct or ... connation will be discussed in our detailed consideration of the several floral parts ..."

2. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1879)
"From connation of those of opposite leaves they form '• ;i- ... This connation of stipules round the backe of the petioles is very interesting, ..."

3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1903)
"Under the title "Petiolate connation in Trifolium pratense " WHITE describes (Torreya a : 183-184. 1902) abnormal leaves of T. pratense consisting of five ..."

4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... membranous space between the elongated parietals and the sphenoid; in the constant coalescence of the parietals with one another; in the connation of ..."

5. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1901)
"The structure of the petiole of each plainly shows connation, ... The connation in number 6 extended to the two middle petiolules of the leaflet cluster and ..."

6. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"... connation of the floral parts furnish in some portions of the great family excellent generic and even tribal distinctions. In other rosaceous genera, ..."

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