Adventive
not native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals.
an adventive plant or animal.
historical examples
denmark (henriksen, 1939): adventive ; origin mostly jamaica.
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england (bunting, 1955): adventive, on bananas from dominica.
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hormetica laevigata, wales (sandemann, 1934): adventive, in pile of banana sacks.
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euphyllodromia angustata, sweden (princis, 1947): adventive.
the biotic -ssociations of c-ckroaches louis m. roth
neoblattella fratercula, nebraska (hebard, 1916b): adventive.
the biotic -ssociations of c-ckroaches louis m. roth
nauphoeta flexivitta, denmark (vestergaard, 1958): adventive.
the biotic -ssociations of c-ckroaches louis m. roth
capucinella delicatula, california (caudell, 1931): adventive.
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in addition to these, other adventive c-ckroaches appear from time to time in ports to which they have been carried by ships.
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adventive, applied to foreign plants accidentally or sparingly introduced into a country, but hardly to be called naturalized.
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hormetica ventralis, sweden (princis, 1947): adventive, in local warehouse of banana company.
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adjective
(of a species) introduced to a new area and not yet established there; exotic
noun
such a plant or animal
adventive
(ād-věn’tĭv)
not native to and not fully established in a new habitat or environment. an adventive plant may be locally or temporarily naturalized without finding conditions that allow it to spread more widely.
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