adventive

[ ad-ven-tiv ]

/ ædˈvɛn tɪv /

Botany, Zoology

adjective

not native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals.

noun

an adventive plant or animal.

Origin of adventive

1595–1605, for an earlier sense; <Latin advent(us) advance, incursion (see advent) + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM adventive

ad·ven·tive·ly, adverb

Words nearby adventive

adventitial cell, adventitial neuritis, adventitious, adventitious cyst, adventitious root, adventive, Advent Sunday, adventure, adventure playground, adventurer, adventure racing

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Example sentences from the Web for adventive

Euphyllodromia angustata, Sweden (Princis, 1947): Adventive.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches|Louis M. Roth
Hormetica laevigata, Wales (Sandemann, 1934): Adventive, in pile of banana sacks.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches|Louis M. Roth
Nyctibora sp., England (Welch, 1935): Adventive, in railway truck that had carried bananas.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches|Louis M. Roth
Nauphoeta flexivitta, Denmark (Vestergaard, 1958): Adventive.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches|Louis M. Roth

England (Palmer, 1928): Adventive, captured at railroad station after bananas had been unloaded.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches|Louis M. Roth

British Dictionary definitions for adventive

adventive

/ (ədˈvɛntɪv) biology /

adjective

(of a species) introduced to a new area and not yet established there; exotic

noun

such a plant or animal

Abbreviation: casual

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Scientific definitions for adventive

adventive

[ ăd-vĕn′tĭv ]

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.

单词	adventive
释义	adventive [ ad-ven-tiv ] / ædˈvɛn tɪv / Botany, Zoology adjective not native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals. noun an adventive plant or animal. Origin of adventive 1595–1605, for an earlier sense; <Latin advent(us) advance, incursion (see advent) + -ive OTHER WORDS FROM adventive ad·ven·tive·ly, adverb Words nearby adventive adventitial cell, adventitial neuritis, adventitious, adventitious cyst, adventitious root, adventive, Advent Sunday, adventure, adventure playground, adventurer, adventure racing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for adventive Euphyllodromia angustata, Sweden (Princis, 1947): Adventive. The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches\|Louis M. Roth Hormetica laevigata, Wales (Sandemann, 1934): Adventive, in pile of banana sacks. The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches\|Louis M. Roth Nyctibora sp., England (Welch, 1935): Adventive, in railway truck that had carried bananas. The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches\|Louis M. Roth Nauphoeta flexivitta, Denmark (Vestergaard, 1958): Adventive. The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches\|Louis M. Roth England (Palmer, 1928): Adventive, captured at railroad station after bananas had been unloaded. The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches\|Louis M. Roth British Dictionary definitions for adventive adventive / (ədˈvɛntɪv) biology / adjective (of a species) introduced to a new area and not yet established there; exotic noun such a plant or animal Abbreviation: casual Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for adventive adventive [ ăd-vĕn′tĭv ] 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. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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