What is accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants called?
adventitious — (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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