natu·ral·ize naturalizes naturalizing naturalized in BRIT, also use naturalise1. To naturalize a species of plant means to start it growing in an area where it is not usually found. If a plant naturalizes in an area where it was not found before, it starts to grow there naturally. A friend sent me a root from Mexico, and I hope to naturalize it The plant naturalises well in grass
This is a style of gardening, especially of ornamental gardening Rather than plant your tulips in rows of single species, plant them in clumps of varying colors Throw in some crocus, some grape hyacinth, and daffodils No particular order, let the colors and shapes flow Using wildflowers in landscaping will encourage a naturalized feel: they can be broadcast when seeded and they will also reseed themselves readily
{f} confer citizenship; become a citizen; make into a citizen; adapt to the environment, adjust; acclimate, acclimatize; (Botany) cause a plant to become established and grow as if native (also naturalise)
make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year" make more natural or lifelike adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting" explain with reference to nature
To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner into a nation or state, and place in the condition of a native subject
If the government of a country naturalizes someone, they allow a person who was not born in that country to become a citizen of it. No one expects the Baltic states to naturalise young Russian soldiers, but army pensioners can be given citizenship. see also naturalized + naturalization natu·rali·za·tion They swore their allegiance to the USA and received their naturalization papers. be naturalized if someone who was born outside a particular country is naturalized, they become a citizen of that country