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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Acclimated to a new environment; introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants or animals not native to a location.
  • adjective planted randomly in soil so as to give an appearance of wild growth.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of naturalize.

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  • adjective planted so as to give an effect of wild growth
  • adjective introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation

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