adventive

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adventive - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Adventive \Ad*ven"tive\, a.
     1. Accidental.
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     2. (Bot.) Adventitious. --Gray.
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  Adventive \Ad*ven"tive\, n.
     A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant. [R.]
     --Bacon.
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adventive - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  adventive
      adj 1: not native and not fully established; locally or
             temporarily naturalized; "an adventive weed"