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connivent

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con⋅niv⋅ent

  [kuh-nahy-vuhnt]
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–adjective Botany, Zoology.
converging, as petals.
Origin:
1635–45; < L connīvent- (s. of connīvēns, prp. of connīvēre). See connive, -ent
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con·ni·vent   (kə-nī'vənt)   
adj.   Biology
Converging and touching but not fused, as stamens or an insect's wings.

[Latin connīvēns, connīvent-, present participle of connīvēre, to be tightly closed.]
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