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tɪv
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–adjective
1.
not native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals.
–noun
2.
an adventive plant or animal.
Origin:
1595–1605,
for an earlier sense; < L
advent
(
us
) advance, incursion (
see
advent
) +
-ive
Related forms:
ad⋅ven⋅tive⋅ly,
adverb
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ad·ven·tive
(ād-věn'tĭv)
adj. Not native to and not fully established in a new habitat or environment; locally or temporarily naturalized:
an adventive weed.
n. An adventive organism.
[From Latin
adventus
,
arrival
; see
advent
.]
ad·ven'tive·ly
adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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