ad·ven·ti·tious ( d v n-t sh  s, -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. [From Latin advent  cius, foreign, from adventus, arrival; see advent.]ad ven·titious·ly adv.ad ven·titious·ness n. |
adventitious
Adjective
added or appearing accidentally [Latin adventicius coming from outside]
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| 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" |
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