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Meaning of ADVENTIVE

Pronunciation:  ad'ventiv

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