connate
/kəˈneɪt/adj
High School
1
Of the same or a similar nature; proceeding from the same stock or root.
2
Inborn.
3
United with other organs of the same kind (for example sepals connate with sepals, petals connate with petals, or stamens with stamens).
4
Trapped within a rock at the time of its formation (especially of water or petroleum).