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archaeophyte

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archaeophyte (plural archaeophytes)

(botany) A plant which was introduced to an area by humans (or arrived naturally, but from an area in which it was present as a human introduction) and became naturalized before 1500 C.E. (but especially in prehistoric times).
Antonym: neophyte
Holonym: archaeophyta

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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