Syn: domesticated, nonnative.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. planted randomly in soil so as to give an appearance of wild growth; as, drifts of naturalized daffodils. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
naturalized — (Amer.) adj. 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) naturalize (Amer.)… … English contemporary dictionary
naturalized — naturalize nat‧u‧ral‧ize [ˈnætʆrəlaɪz] also naturalise verb be naturalized if someone who was born outside the country they now live in is naturalized, they become a citizen of the country they are living in: • More than 100,000 immigrants were… … Financial and business terms
Naturalized — Naturalize Nat u*ral*ize (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Naturalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Naturalizing}.] [Cf. F. naturaliser. See {Natural}.] 1. To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study. [1913 Webster] 2. To confer the rights and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
naturalized — nat|u|ral|ized [ nætʃərə,laızd ] adjective 1. ) a naturalized citizen is someone who has officially become a citizen of a country in which they were not born 2. ) a naturalized plant or animal is one that grows or lives in an area that people… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
naturalized — UK [ˈnætʃ(ə)rəlaɪzd] / US [ˈnætʃərəˌlaɪzd] adjective 1) a naturalized citizen is someone who has officially become a citizen of a country in which they were not born 2) a naturalized plant or animal is one that grows or lives in an area that… … English dictionary
naturalized — adj. Naturalized is used with these nouns: ↑citizen … Collocations dictionary
naturalized — [[t]næ̱tʃərəlaɪzd[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A naturalized citizen of a particular country is someone who has legally become a citizen of that country, although they were not born there. (in BRIT, also use naturalised) … English dictionary
naturalized — un·naturalized; … English syllables
naturalized — adjective 1. introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑established • Similar to: ↑foreign, ↑strange 2. planted so as to give an effect of wild growth drifts of naturalized daffodils … Useful english dictionary
Naturalized epistemology — is a collection of philosophic views concerned with the theory of knowledge that emphasize the role of natural scientific methods. This shared emphasis on scientific methods of studying knowledge shifts focus to the empirical processes of… … Wikipedia
