ADVENTIVE


Meaning of ADVENTIVE in English

— adventively , adv.

/ad ven"tiv/ , Bot., Zool.

adj.

1. not native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals.

n.

2. an adventive plant or animal.

[ 1595-1605, for an earlier sense; advent ( us ) advance, incursion (see ADVENT) + -IVE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .