naturalized plant

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• naturalized — nat|u|ral|ized [ nætʃərə,laızd ] adjective 1. ) a naturalized citizen is someone who has officially become a citizen of a country in which they were not born 2. ) a naturalized plant or animal is one that grows or lives in an area that people… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• naturalized — UK [ˈnætʃ(ə)rəlaɪzd] / US [ˈnætʃərəˌlaɪzd] adjective 1) a naturalized citizen is someone who has officially become a citizen of a country in which they were not born 2) a naturalized plant or animal is one that grows or lives in an area that… …   English dictionary

• naturalized — (Amer.) adj. planted in order to give an effect that it grows as if native; (of animals) established in order to live wild as if native and originating from in a place where it is not indigenous (also naturalised) naturalize (Amer.)… …   English contemporary dictionary

• naturalized — adjective Biology establish (a plant or animal) so that it lives wild in a region where it is not indigenous. → naturalize …   English new terms dictionary

• ice plant — noun Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice • Syn: ↑icicle plant, ↑Mesembryanthemum crystallinum • Hypernyms: ↑fig marigold, ↑pebble plant * * * I. noun …   Useful english dictionary

• castor-oil plant — /kas teuhr oyl , kah steuhr / a tall plant, Ricinus communis, of the spurge family, cultivated for its ornamental foliage and having poisonous seeds that are the source of castor oil. Also called castor bean. [1835 45] * * * Large plant (Ricinus… …   Universalium

• Canna (plant) — taxobox name = Canna image caption = Italian Group Canna cultivated in Brazil regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Monocots unranked ordo = Commelinids ordo = Zingiberales familia = Cannaceae genus = Canna L.… …   Wikipedia

• Native plant — Wild Perennial Lupin (Lupinus perennis) Native plant is a term to describe plants endemic (indigenous) or naturalized to a given area in geologic time. This includes plants that have developed, occur naturally, or existed for many years in an… …   Wikipedia

• sensitive plant — 1. Also called humble plant. a tropical American plant, Mimosa pudica, cultivated in greenhouses, having bipinnate leaves whose leaflets fold together when touched. 2. any of various other plants that are sensitive to touch. [1650 60] * * *… …   Universalium

• Morus (plant) — Mulberry redirects here. For other uses, see Mulberry (disambiguation). For other plants called mulberry, see mulberry (plant). Mulberry Morus alba Scientific cla …   Wikipedia

• umbrella plant — 1. an African plant, Cyperus alternifolius, of the sedge family, that has several stems growing directly upward from a mass of roots and an umbrella shaped cluster of leaves at the top of each stem. 2. North Midland U.S. the May apple plant. 3.… …   Universalium