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   adventitious

   /ˌadv(ə)nˈtɪʃəs/

   adjective

   • 1. happening as a result of an external factor or chance rather than design or inherent nature: "adventitious similarities" Similar unplannedunpremeditatedaccidentalunintentionalunintendedunexpectedunforeseeninvoluntarychancefortuitousserendipitouscoincidentalcasualrandomflukyunlooked-forunhoped-fornot bargained forout of the bluewithout warningrare:aleatoryOpposite planned
   • ▪ coming from outside; not native: "the adventitious population" Similar foreignaliennon-nativeoutsideexternalextraneousextrinsicOpposite nativeindigenous
   • ▪ formed accidentally or in an unusual anatomical position: "adventitious lobes may appear between the primaries"
   • ▪ (of a root, shoot, etc.) produced in an unusual part of a plant.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin adventicius ‘coming to us from abroad’ (from advenire ‘arrive’) + -ous (see also -itious2).

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   • 1. adventitiously adverb

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   What does adventitious mean?

   • The meaning of ADVENTITIOUS is coming from another source and not inherent or innate. How to use adventitious in a sentence. Did you know?

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   What does 'adventive' mean?

   • Of a plant, adventive is an adjective that describes a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized. Webster Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:

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   What does the term 'adventitia' mean?

   • The term ADVENTITIA refers to an external chiefly connective tissue covering of an organ, especially the external coat of a blood vessel.

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   What is adventitious symmetry?

   • 1. Arising from an external cause or factor; not inherent: symmetry that was purely adventitious; adventitious circumstances that contributed to the plan's success. 2. Biology a. Of or belonging to a structure that develops in an unusual place: adventitious roots. b.

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   Was the'middle' of the year adventitious?

   • The characterization of these dates as the "middle" of the year may have been adventitious. To what extent these measures would be sufficient to reduce adventitious presence to values below threshold is as yet unknown. Presumably, these leaf buds either arose from nodes having very short internodes or were adventitious.

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   Should adventitious opportunities be taken away from an industry?

   • That is the right way, and not by these adventitious opportunities. They should not take away from an industry any adventitious parts of it which might be connected with it. All those adventitious circumstances raise the dust and impede clear judgment, and that is a grave misfortune.

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   Adventitious means not expected or planned, or occurring by chance. Learn how to use this formal adjective with sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

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   Adventitious means not expected or planned, or occurring by chance. Learn how to use this formal adjective with sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

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   1. added or appearing accidentally or unexpectedly. 2. (of a plant or animal part) developing in an abnormal position, as a root that grows from a stem. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. adventitiously (ˌadvenˈtitiously) adverb.

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   Adventitious is a word you use to talk about things that "just kind of happen," not because you are trying to do them, but because they just come along. Christopher Columbus's stumbling upon the Caribbean while searching for a new route to India was adventitious.

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   Definitions of 'adventitious'. 1. added from outside; not inherent; accidental. [...] 2. occurring in unusual or abnormal places. [...] More.