Associations to the word «Adventive»
Adjective
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Wiktionary
ADVENTIVE, adjective. Accidental
ADVENTIVE, adjective. Adventitious
ADVENTIVE, adjective. (biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized.
ADVENTIVE, noun. A non-native plant that has become naturalized.
Dictionary definition
ADVENTIVE, adjective. Not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized; "an adventive weed".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.