Adventive

//ədˈvɛntɪv// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A non-native plant that has become naturalized.

    "Such interlopers are known as exotics, adventives, or aliens, all terms that may be considered synonymous with "nasty."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Accidental.
  2. 2
    Adventitious. archaic

    "For Hvmane Knovvledge, Which Concernes the mind, it hath two parts, the one that enquireth of The Svbstance, Or Natvre Of The Sovle Or Mind; The other, that enquireth of the Facvlties Or Fvnctions Thereof: vnto the firſt of theſe, the conſiderations of the Originall of the ſoule, whether it be Natiue or aduentiue; and how farre it is exempted from Lawes of Matter; […]"

  3. 3
    Of a plant: not native, but introduced by humans to a place and since naturalized.
Adjective
  1. 1
    not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized wordnet

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"For Hvmane Knovvledge, Which Concernes the mind, it hath two parts, the one that enquireth of The Svbstance, Or Natvre Of The Sovle Or Mind; The other, that enquireth of the Facvlties Or Fvnctions Thereof: vnto the firſt of theſe, the conſiderations of the Originall of the ſoule, whether it be Natiue or aduentiue; and how farre it is exempted from Lawes of Matter; […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adventīvus, from adveniō (“to come (to)”) + -īvus (verbal-adjective suffix).

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