1. Introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
   "The naturalized plant species had adapted well to the local climate";
   - established, naturalised [Brit]
    
2. Planted so as to give an effect of wild growth
   "drifts of naturalized daffodils";
   - naturalised [Brit]

1. Make into a citizen
   "The French family was naturalized last year";
   - naturalise [Brit]
    
2. Explain with reference to nature
   "The philosopher naturalized the concept of consciousness";
   - naturalise [Brit]
    
3. Adapt to or become established in a new environment or culture
   "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting";
   - naturalise [Brit]
    
4. Make more natural or lifelike
   "The taxidermist naturalized the pose of the mounted animal";
   - naturalise [Brit]
    
5. Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
   "They naturalized the exotic species in the garden";
   - domesticate, cultivate, naturalise [Brit], tame

See also: foreign, planted, strange

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

Encyclopedia: Naturalized