terrene

adj.
Of or relating to the earth; earthly.

[Middle English, from Latin terrēnus, from terra, earth.]

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the earth or of human life on earth: earthbound, earthen, earthly, earthy, mundane, secular, tellurian, telluric, temporal, terrestrial, worldly. See body/spirit, culture/nature, place.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air adj. - Belonging to this earth or world.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
  Synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial
  Pertains to noun: earth (meaning #3)

Meaning #2: belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"
  Synonym: mundane

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