Adjective: naturalized 'na-chu-ru,lIzd- Introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
- established, naturalised [Brit] - Planted so as to give an effect of wild growth
"drifts of naturalized daffodils"; - naturalised [Brit] Verb: naturalize 'na-chu-ru,lIz- Make into a citizen
"The French family was naturalized last year"; - naturalise [Brit] - Explain with reference to nature
- naturalise [Brit] - Adopt to another place
"The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"; - naturalise [Brit] - Make more natural or lifelike
- naturalise [Brit] - Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- domesticate, cultivate, naturalise [Brit], tame
See also: foreign, planted, strange Type of: accommodate, adapt, alter, change, explain, explicate, modify Antonym: denaturalize Encyclopedia: Naturalized Naturalize |