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Meaning of ADVENTIVE

Pronunciation:  ad'ventiv

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized; "an adventive weed"
 
 Synonyms: foreign
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ad*ven"tive\, a.
    1. Accidental.
    2. (Bot.) Adventitious. --Gray.
    
  2. \Ad*ven"tive\, n.
    A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant. [R.]
    --Bacon.
    
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: In botany terminology, describes a plant which has been introduced to an area recently, in particular since colonization by humans.
 

 

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