uncolonized
5.9
Free of living things such as bacteria, fungi, or plants
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈkɒlənaɪzd/
- Specialized
:
no colonizado
- After the wildfire, the forest left behind areas that were still uncolonized by new growth.
Examples
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The scientist discovered a patch of uncolonized land where rare plants could thrive.
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The researchers studied how ecosystems develop in uncolonized regions of the ocean.
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However, when the physical environment changes, intertidal community development is very rapid, proceeding from uncolonized to fully colonized within a decade.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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5.1
Not having any tiny living parts from plants or animals
is broader, meaning not inhabited or overgrown by living organisms
How Colonized
Surface Forms
uncolonized positive
Morphology
Etymology
Uncolonized breaks into un- meaning 'not' and colony meaning a 'group that lives together', like ants or bacteria, so something uncolonized has no microbes, fungi, or plants settled on it.