Adventive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

  Adventive \Ad*ven"tive\, n.
     A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant. [R.]
     --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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