Congener - Definition

n 1: a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor
its distinctive character
2: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as
related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
[syn: relative, congener, congenator, congeneric]
3: 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"