naturalized

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naturalized

A gardener has naturalized daffodils along the edge of the woodland path.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Made to seem native or established in a new place: Describes something (often a plant or person) that has been introduced from another region and has become established as if it were native.
    • Granted citizenship: Describes a person who has been formally admitted as a citizen of a country where they were not born.
Usage and Examples

  • Adjective (for plants or animals):

    • The garden featured a beautiful border of naturalized daffodils.
    • These naturalized species now thrive in the local ecosystem without human help.

  • Adjective (for people):

    • After living here for ten years, she became a naturalized citizen.
    • He is a naturalized American, originally from France.
Advanced Usage
  • In a broader, figurative sense: Can describe concepts, practices, or customs that have been adopted from elsewhere and become standard.
    • The tradition, though foreign in origin, is now fully naturalized in our culture.
Variants and Related Words

  • Naturalize (verb): The action of becoming or making something naturalized.

    • The government will naturalize the eligible immigrants next month.
    • Some plants naturalize easily in this climate.

  • Naturalization (noun): The process of becoming naturalized.

    • She completed her naturalization and received her passport.
Synonyms
  • Acclimatized: Adapted to a new climate or environment.
  • Established: Successfully introduced and made permanent.
  • Indigenized: Made to seem native to a place.
Antonyms
  • Alien: Belonging to a foreign country or nation.
  • Non-native: Originating from elsewhere.
  • Exotic: Introduced from a foreign country; strikingly unusual.
Related Phrases and Usage Notes
  • "Naturalized citizen": A common legal phrase for a person who has acquired citizenship by means other than birth.
  • "Naturalized planting": A gardening or ecological style where plants are arranged to mimic wild, native growth.
naturalized

A gardener has naturalized daffodils along the edge of the woodland path.

Adjective
  1. planted so as to give an effect of wild growth
    • drifts of naturalized daffodils
  2. introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation

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