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

Wier has considered the clergy of every sect as being too eager in this species of persecution: Ad gravem hanc impietatem, connivent theologi plerique omnes.

From Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Scott, Walter, Sir

Marchant he treads the all-along of inarable drift On dubiously connivent legs, The facile prey of predatory flies; Panting for further; sworn to lurch Empirical on to the Menelik-buffered, enhavened blue, Rhyming—see Cantique I.—with doodle-doo.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

Calyx 5-parted; the divisions somewhat petal-like, oblong, connivent and coriaceous in fruit, the base and almost the whole length of the pedicel winged on one side.

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

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

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

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George