- 1. a. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign. Source: opted
- 2. a. Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots. Source: opted
- 3. a. Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants. Source: opted
- 4. a. Acquired, as diseases; accidental. Source: opted
- 5. adj. associated by chance and not an integral part Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign. To things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious idea of terror, they become without comparison greater. Burke. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots. 3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants. 4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental. -- Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness, n. Source: webster
- 7. Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds orroots. Source: adambom
- 8. j:100 s. associated by chance and not an integral part Source: ecdict
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