neophyte has definitions from the fields of education,botany
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[ noun ] (education) a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist

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catechumen

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student

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[ noun ] (botany) a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously

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plant

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[ noun ] any new participant in some activity

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novice recruit originate

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