nat·u·ral·ize

(năch′ər-ə-līz′, năch′rə-)

v. nat·u·ral·ized, nat·u·ral·iz·ing, nat·u·ral·iz·es

v.tr.

1. To grant full citizenship to (one of foreign birth).

2. To adopt (something foreign, such as a custom or a word from another language) into general use.

3. To introduce and establish (a species) in an environment to which it is not native: European birds that became naturalized in North America.

4. To explain (an occurrence, for example) by natural causes in contrast to supernatural causes.

v.intr.

To become naturalized or acclimated.

nat′u·ral·iz′a·ble adj.

nat′u·ral·i·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

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naturalized

(ˈnætʃərəˌlaɪzd) or

naturalised

adj

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit having been given citizenship of a country that one was not born in

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naturalized

1. Bulbs planted to appear as if they were natural, either in grass or under the canopy of trees and shrubs.

2. An introduced plant behaving like a native by growing freely in the wild.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	naturalized - introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation established foreign, strange - relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
	2.	naturalized - planted so as to give an effect of wild growth; "drifts of naturalized daffodils" naturalised planted - set in the soil for growth

Translations

naturalized

[ˈnætʃ^ərəlaɪzd] naturalised (British) adj (British) [citizen] → naturalisé(e)