planted in order to give an effect that it grows as if native; (of animals) established in order to live wild as if native and originating from in a place where it is not indigenous (also naturalised)
confer citizenship; become a citizen; make into a citizen; adapt to the environment, adjust; acclimate, acclimatize; (Botany) cause a plant to become established and grow as if native (also naturalise)
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Naturalized Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(imp. & p. p.)
of Naturalize
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Naturalize
Adjective
1. introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
(synonym) established
(similar) foreign
2. planted so as to give an effect of wild growth; "drifts of naturalized daffodils"
(synonym) naturalised
(similar) planted
Verb
1. make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"
(synonym) naturalise
(antonym) denaturalize, denaturalise
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(entail) immigrate
(derivation) naturalization, naturalisation
2. explain with reference to nature
(hypernym) explain, explicate
3. adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
(synonym) naturalise
(hypernym) adapt, accommodate
(derivation) naturalization, naturalisation
4. make more natural or lifelike
(synonym) naturalise
(antonym) denaturalize, denaturalise
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) naturalization, naturalisation
5. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
(synonym) domesticate, cultivate, naturalise, tame
(hypernym) adapt, accommodate
(derivation) naturalization, naturalisation
(classification) plant, flora, plant life
Naturalized Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the acquisition of citizenship and nationality by somebody who was not a citizen of that country at the time of birth.
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