adventive
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tɪv adjective
1.
not native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals.
noun
2.
an adventive plant or animal.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a species) introduced to a new area and not yet established there; exotic |
| —n | |
| 2. | such a plant or animal |
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Adventive
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
adventive  (ād-věn'tĭv) Pronunciation Key
Not native to and not fully established in a new habitat or environment. An adventive plant may be locally or temporarily naturalized without finding conditions that allow it to spread more widely. |
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Example sentences
Establish biological controls in targets adventive range.
The focus is on using natural enemies against adventive pests.
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