CONFLUENT, adjective [Latin] 1. Flowing together; meeting in their course, as two streams; as confluent streams. 2. In medical science, running together, and spreading over a large surface of the body; as the confluent small-pox. 3. In botany, united at the base; growing in tufts, as confluent leaves; running into each other, as confluent lobes.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI