Words Like ADVENTITIOUS
We have put together a list of words that are similar to ADVENTITIOUS.
2 Alternative Words Similar to adventitious
2 examples of adventitious
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adventitious buds or roots
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they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character
10 definitions of adventitious
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Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
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Out of the proper or usual place.
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Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.
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Acquired, as diseases; accidental.
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associated by chance and not an integral part
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Not inherent but added extrinsically. See Synonyms at accidental.
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Biology Of or belonging to a structure that develops in an unusual place: adventitious roots.
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Added extrinsically; not springing from the essence of the subject, but from another source; foreign; accidentally or casually acquired: applied to that which does not properly belong to a subject, but which is superadded or adopted, as in a picture or other work of art, to give it additional power or effect.
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In botany and zoology, appearing casually, or in an abnormal or unusual position or place; occurring as a straggler or away from its natural position or habitation; adventive.
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In anatomy, of the nature of adventitia: as, the adventitious coat of an artery.