transcription, транскрипция: [ nætʃərəlaɪz ]
( naturalizes, naturalizing, naturalized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'naturalise'
1.
To naturalize a species of plant means to start it growing in an area where it is not usually found. If a plant naturalizes in an area where it was not found before, it starts to grow there naturally.
A friend sent me a root from Mexico, and I hope to naturalize it...
The plant naturalises well in grass.
VERB : V n , V
2.
If the government of a country naturalizes someone, they allow a person who was not born in that country to become a citizen of it.
No one expects the Baltic states to naturalise young Russian soldiers, but army pensioners can be given citizenship.
VERB : V n
see also naturalized
• natu‧rali‧za‧tion
They swore their allegiance to the USA and received their naturalization papers.
N-UNCOUNT