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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized;
- Example: "an adventive weed"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adventive \Ad*ven"tive\, a.
   1. Accidental.
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   2. (Bot.) Adventitious. --Gray.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adventive \Ad*ven"tive\, n.
   A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant. [R.]
   --Bacon.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

adventive
    adj 1: not native and not fully established; locally or
           temporarily naturalized; "an adventive weed"