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ad·ven·tive

(ăd-vĕn′tĭv)

adj.

Not native to and not fully established in a new habitat or environment; locally or temporarily naturalized: an adventive weed.

An adventive organism.

[From Latin adventus, arrival; see advent.]

ad·ven′tive·ly adv.

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adventive

(ədˈvɛntɪv) biology

adj

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

(Biology) such a plant or animal

Abbreviation: casual

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ad•ven•tive

(ædˈvɛn tɪv)
adj.

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

2. an adventive plant or animal.

[1605–1615]

ad•ven′tive•ly, adv.

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adventive - not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized; "an adventive weed"

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"

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