subspontaneous

/ ˌsʌbspɒnˈteɪnɪəs /

adjective

(of a plant species, such as rhododendron) spreading naturally after having originally been introduced

Authors who have seen the species in the East do not hesitate to say that it is subspontaneous.

Many floras of the south of Europe speak of it as a subspontaneous or naturalized species.

Usually they indicate the carob tree, as cultivated and subspontaneous, or nearly wild.

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