naturalized Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make into a citizen
    naturalize; naturalise.
    • The French family was naturalized last year
  2. verb explain with reference to nature
    naturalize.
  3. verb adopt to another place
    naturalize; naturalise.
    • The stories had become naturalized into an American setting
  4. verb make more natural or lifelike
    naturalize; naturalise.
  5. verb adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
    naturalize; cultivate; tame; naturalise; domesticate.
    • domesticate oats
    • tame the soil
  6. adjective satellite introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
    established.
  7. adjective satellite planted so as to give an effect of wild growth
    naturalised.
    • drifts of naturalized daffodils

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