Overview of verb naturalize

The verb naturalize has 5 senses

• naturalize, naturalise -- (make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year")


• naturalize -- (explain with reference to nature)


• naturalize, naturalise -- (adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting")


• naturalize, naturalise -- (make more natural or lifelike)


• domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame -- (adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil")

Overview of adj naturalized

The adj naturalized has 2 senses

• established, naturalized -- (introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation)


• naturalized, naturalised -- (planted so as to give an effect of wild growth; "drifts of naturalized daffodils")