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
A naturalized plant is one that has been introduced from another region and is now in competition with native flora in its new habitat [16]
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
To receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to make one's own; as, to naturalize foreign words
{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)
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
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