adventive

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adventīvus, from adveniō (“to come (to)”) +‎ -īvus (verbal-adjective suffix). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədˈvɛntɪv/ (General American) IPA(key): /ədˈvɛntɪv/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ədˈvɛntəv/ === Adjective === adventive (comparative more adventive, superlative most adventive) Accidental. (archaic) Adventitious. (biology) Of a plant: not native, but introduced by humans to a place and since naturalized. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === adventive (plural adventives) A non-native plant that has become naturalized. === References === “adventive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ad.vɑ̃.tiv/ Homophone: adventives === Adjective === adventive feminine singular of adventif