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Adjective: naturalised  'na-chu-ru,lIzd
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: naturalized)
  1. Planted so as to give an effect of wild growth
    "drifts of naturalised daffodils";
    - naturalized
     
  2. Introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
    "The naturalised population of rabbits thrived in their new habitat";
    - established, naturalized
Verb: naturalise  'na-chu-ru,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: naturalize)
  1. Make into a citizen
    "The French family was naturalised last year";
    - naturalize
     
  2. Make more natural or lifelike
    "The taxidermist naturalised the pose of the mounted animal";
    - naturalize
     
  3. Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
    "They naturalised the exotic species in the garden";
    - domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, tame
     
  4. Adapt to or become established in a new environment or culture
    "The stories had become naturalised into an American setting";
    - naturalize
     
  5. Explain with reference to nature
    "The philosopher naturalised the concept of consciousness";
    - naturalize

See also: foreign, planted, strange

Type of: accommodate, adapt, alter, change, explain, explicate, modify

Antonym: denaturalise [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Naturalised

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