CONNATE-PERFOLIATE
Con"nate-per*fo"li*ate, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; — applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset.
CONNATION
Con*na"tion, n.
Defn: Connection by birth; natural union. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
CONNATURAL
Con*nat"u*ral, a. Etym: [Pref. con- + natural.]
1. Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural. These affections are connatural to us. L'Estrange.
2. Partaking of the same nature. And mix with our connatural dust. Milton.
CONNATURALITY
Con*nat`u*ral"i*ty, n.
Defn: Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection.
[R.]
A congruity and connaturality between them. Sir M. Hale.
CONNATURALIZE
Con*nat"u*ral*ize, v. t.