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NATURALIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does naturalized mean? 

NATURALIZED (adjective)
  The adjective NATURALIZED has 2 senses:

1. introduced from another region and persisting without cultivationplay

2. planted so as to give an effect of wild growthplay

  Familiarity information: NATURALIZED used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NATURALIZED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation

Synonyms:

established; naturalized

Similar:

foreign; strange (relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Planted so as to give an effect of wild growth

Synonyms:

naturalised; naturalized

Context example:

drifts of naturalized daffodils

Similar:

planted (set in the soil for growth)


 Context examples 


A native or naturalized member of a state or country, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there.

(Citizen, NCI Thesaurus)

It is native to Europe, West Asia, North Africa, Madeira and the Azores, and is naturalized in many parts of the world, notably North America and Australia.

(Hypericum perforatum, NCI Thesaurus)

Pacific Island American - a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands and who was either born in the United States or who was naturalized as a citizen of the United States.

(Pacific Island American, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, and who was either born in the United States or who was naturalized as a citizen of the United States.

(Asian American, NCI Thesaurus)



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