congener
Nouns
- (n) a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character
- (n) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) congenator, congeneric, relative,
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(n) a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another
- lard was also used, though its congener, butter, was more frequently employed
- the American shopkeeper differs from his European congener