connivent

American  

[kuh-nahy-vuhnt] / kəˈnaɪ vənt /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

1. converging, as petals.

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connivent British  

/ kəˈnaɪvənt /

adjective

1. (of parts of plants and animals) touching without being fused, as some petals, insect wings, etc

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• subconnivent
  adjective
• connivently
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of connivent

First recorded in 1635–45, connivent is from the Latin word connīvent- (stem of connīvēns, present participle of connīvēre ). See connive, -ent

Example Sentences

Stamens 5, short; filaments appendaged with a scale on the inner side, the 5 scales connivent and united over the stigma; anthers opening on the inner face.

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

Shines his gold-laurel sun, or cloak connivent rains.

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George

Stamens distinct or the anthers merely connivent, with ordinary pollen.

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

Spines often long, stout and red; peduncles long and slender; flowers white or whitish; filaments capillary, 4–6´´ long, generally connivent or closely parallel, soon conspicuously longer than the oblong-linear calyx-lobes.

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

Sepals thick, erect and connivent at base, mostly dull purple.

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