connate

  1. Adjective.  cognate.
  2. Adjective.  inborn.
  3. Adjective.  (botany) united with others of the same kind (especially of sepals or petals).
  4. Adjective.  (geology) trapped within a rock at the time of its formation (especially of water or petroleum).

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