Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON'FLU-ENT, a. [L. confluens.]

1. Flowing together; meeting in their course, as two streams; as, confluent streams. – Blackmore.
2. In medical science, running together, and spreading over a large surface of the body; as, the confluent small-pox. – Encyc.
3. In botany, united at the base; growing in tufts, as confluent leaves; running into each other, as confluent lobes. – Martyn.