1. (

• congener

) a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character ;

2. (

• relative ,
• congener ,
• congenator ,
• congeneric

) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) ;

3. (

• congener

) 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" ;