adventive

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ad ven′tiv)


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ad•ven•tive  (ad ven′tiv),USA pronunciation [Bot., Zool.]
adj. 
  1. Botany, Zoologynot native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals.

n. 
  1. Botany, Zoologyan adventive plant or animal.
  • Latin advent(us) advance, incursion (see advent) + -ive
  • 1595–1605, for an earlier sense
ad•ven′tive•ly, adv. 

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