adventive
/ad-ven-tiv/US // ædˈvɛn tɪv //UK // (ədˈvɛntɪv) biology //
积极性,冒险,冒险的,积极
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : not native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an adventive plant or animal.
Examples
Species mostly adventive or naturalized from Europe, with many hybrids.
Adventive, applied to foreign plants accidentally or sparingly introduced into a country, but hardly to be called naturalized.
Nauphoeta flexivitta, Denmark (Vestergaard, 1958): Adventive.
England (Tulloch, 1939): Adventive, in banana crates from Brazil.
England (Bunting, 1955): Adventive, on bananas from Dominica.
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