Adventive Definition
ăd-vĕntĭv
adjective
Not native to the environment; rarely or imperfectly naturalized.
Webster's New World
Not native to and not fully established in a new habitat or environment; locally or temporarily naturalized.
An adventive weed.
American Heritage Medicine
Wiktionary
Wiktionary
(biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized.
Wiktionary
noun
An adventive plant or animal.
Webster's New World
An adventive organism.
American Heritage Medicine
Origin of Adventive
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From Latin adventus arrival advent
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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