adventive
not native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals.
an adventive plant or animal.
Origin of adventive
1Other words from adventive
- ad·ven·tive·ly, adverb
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How to use adventive in a sentence
Species mostly adventive or naturalized from Europe, with many hybrids.
adventive, applied to foreign plants accidentally or sparingly introduced into a country, but hardly to be called naturalized.
The Elements of Botany | Asa GrayNauphoeta flexivitta, Denmark (Vestergaard, 1958): adventive.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches | Louis M. RothEngland (Tulloch, 1939): adventive, in banana crates from Brazil.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches | Louis M. RothEngland (Bunting, 1955): adventive, on bananas from Dominica.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches | Louis M. Roth
British Dictionary definitions for adventive
/ (ədˈvɛntɪv) biology /
(of a species) introduced to a new area and not yet established there; exotic
such a plant or animal
- Abbreviation: casual
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Scientific definitions for adventive
[ ăd-vĕn′tĭv ]
Not native to and not fully established in a new habitat or environment. An adventive plant may be locally or temporarily naturalized without finding conditions that allow it to spread more widely.
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