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ad·ven·ti·tious  (dvn-tshs, -vn-)

adj.

1. Not inherent but added extrinsically. See Synonyms at accidental.

2. Biology Of or belonging to a structure that develops in an unusual place: adventitious roots.

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[From Latin adventcius, foreign, from adventus, arrival; see advent.]

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adven·titious·ly adv.

adven·titious·ness n.

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adventitious

Adjective

added or appearing accidentally [Latin adventicius coming from outside]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

adventitious - associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character" extrinsic - not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"