An introduced (non-native) plant that disrupts the local ecosystem and isn't checked by climate, grazing, or other natural means Extreme examples include kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), which can grow 35 feet in one season and which the American Horticultural Society's A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants calls "the vine that ate the South"
You use invasive to describe something undesirable which spreads very quickly and which is very difficult to stop from spreading. They found invasive cancer during a routine examination
refers to a tumor that invades healthy tissues The opposite of encapsulated Also called diffuse or infiltrating