naturalized

Describes a person or thing that has been granted the rights of a native citizen or has become established in a new environment.

• 🇩🇪Bezeichnet eine Person, der die Staatsbürgerschaft eines Landes verliehen wurde, oder eine Pflanze bzw. Tierart, die sich in einer neuen Umgebung eingebürgert hat. Auch allgemein für etwas, das in einem neuen Umfeld heimisch geworden ist.

1. Introduced and established B2 formal

   Describes a plant or animal that has been brought from another region and now lives and reproduces in the wild without human help.

   • The garden is full of naturalized bulbs that bloom every spring.
   • Many naturalized plants thrive in this climate.
   • The park features naturalized species from Asia.

   🇩🇪Eingebürgert

   Synonyme: adaptedestablished

   Antonyme: alienexoticforeignnonnative

2. Planted for wild effect B2 formal

   Describes plants that are deliberately planted in a way that mimics a natural, wild appearance.

   • The landscape designer created a naturalized meadow of wildflowers.
   • Naturalized daffodils dot the hillside.
   • They planted the area with naturalized grasses for a rustic look.

   🇩🇪Naturalisiert

   Synonyme: informalnaturalnaturalisticwild

• more naturalized comparative form
• most naturalized superlative form