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adventive

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. adventive (adjective)
  2. adventive crater (noun)

ad·ven·tive

adj \ad-ˈven-tiv\

Definition of ADVENTIVE

1
: introduced but not fully naturalized <an adventive weed>
2
: adventitious 2
— adventive noun

First Known Use of ADVENTIVE

circa 1859

Rhymes with ADVENTIVE

attentive, incentive, inventive, pendentive, preventive, retentive

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