Adventitious
21adventitious — adj. [L. adventitius, extraordinary] Acquired; accidental; additional; occurring in abnormal places; ectopic foci …
22adventitious — adventitiously, adv. adventitiousness, n. /ad veuhn tish euhs/, adj. 1. associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic. 2. Bot., Zool. appearing in an abnormal or unusual position or place, as a root. [1595 1605; < …
23adventitious — Synonyms and related words: accessory, accidental, additional, adscititious, aleatory, appurtenant, ascititious, auxiliary, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, circumstantial, collateral, conditional, contingent, destinal, dicey, extra, fatal,… …
24adventitious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. foreign, extrinsic. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not part of the real or essential nature of a thing: adscititious, incidental, supervenient. See SURFACE …
25adventitious — ad|ven|ti|tious [ˌædvənˈtıʃəs, ˌædven ] adj formal happening by chance = ↑unexpected >adventitiously adj …
26adventitious — ad|ven|ti|tious [ ,ædvən tıʃəs ] adjective VERY FORMAL accidental or not expected …
27adventitious — ad·ven ti·tious || ‚ædvÉ™n tɪʃəs adj. happening by chance; not inherent; occurring accidentally …
28adventitious — [ˌadv(ə)n tɪʃəs] adjective 1》 happening according to chance. 2》 coming from outside; not native. 3》 Biology formed accidentally or in an unusual position. 4》 Botany (of a root) growing directly from the stem or other upper part of a plant.… …
29adventitious — a. Accidental, incidental, extrinsic, extraneous, foreign, non essential. See adscititious …
30adventitious — adjective formal happening by chance; unexpected adventitiously adjective …