Originating in a different region and acclimated to a new environment; -- of plants or animals.

of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing

in this document, not originating naturally in the Lake Champlain Basin.

A species of plant or animal which did not originate in its present location. The Norway rat is nonnative to America.

adj. Pertaining to a species of plant or animal that did not originate in or come from its present location.