Naturalized vs Adventive - What's the difference?
naturalized | adventive |
(naturalize)
To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen
To acclimatize an animal or plant
* Hawthorne
To make natural
To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones
(linguistics) To make (a word) a natural part of the language.
accidental
adventitious
(biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized.
(Webster 1913)
As a verb naturalized
is (naturalize).As an adjective adventive is
accidental.naturalized
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Alternative forms
*naturalisedVerb
(head)naturalize
English
Alternative forms
* naturaliseVerb
(en-verb)- Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the New England climate.
- Custom naturalizes labour or study.
- English speakers have naturalized the French word "café".