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adventive

adjective
ad·​ven·​tive | \ ad-ˈven-tiv How to pronounce adventive (audio) \

Definition of adventive

1 : introduced but not fully naturalized an adventive weed
2 : adventitious sense 2

Other Words from adventive

adventive noun

First Known Use of adventive

1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for adventive

advent- (in adventitious) + -ive

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