adventive

[ad-ven-tiv]

adjective

1. not native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals.

noun

1. an adventive plant or animal.

adventive

/ ədˈvɛntɪv /

adjective

1. (of a species) introduced to a new area and not yet established there; exotic

noun

1. such a plant or animal

adventive

1. 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.

Other Word Forms

• adventively adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of adventive¹

1595–1605, for an earlier sense; < Latin advent ( us ) advance, incursion ( advent ) + -ive

Example Sentences

Species mostly adventive or naturalized from Europe, with many hybrids.

From Project Gutenberg

Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; Ð applied to foreign plants.

From Project Gutenberg