existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn: a connate sense of right and wrong. associated in birth or origin. allied or agreeing in nature; cognate.

What does Connate mean in English?

1 : akin, congenial. 2 : innate, inborn. 3 : born or originated together. 4 : entrapped in sediments at the time of their deposition connate water.

What is Connate in biology?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Connation in plants is the developmental fusion of organs of the same type, for example, petals to one another to form a tubular corolla. This is in contrast to adnation, the fusion of dissimilar organs. Such organs are described as connate or adnate, respectively.