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Word similar to displace?
What is it called when you take something from one enviornment and put it in another one that it doesnt really belong in?
3 Answers
- Ms. WorthLv 78 years ago
These are called "invasive species" or "exotic species" or "exotics"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species
Another term for "introduced plant" is "xenophyte"
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/xenophyte
The act of putting a foreign species in a new environment is usually called "introducing."
Example:
Birds blown off course sometimes introduce invasive species to new environments.
