adventive
(adjective) not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized; “an adventive weed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
adventive (comparative more adventive, superlative most adventive)
accidental
adventitious
(biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized.
adventive (plural adventives)
A non-native plant that has become naturalized.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*ven"tive, a.
1. Accidental.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Adventitious. Gray.
Ad*ven"tive, n.
Definition: A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant. [R.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 May 2025
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
