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Adventitious
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Meaning
Adj
●
From an
external
source
; not
innate
or
inherent
, foreign.
●
Accidental,
additional
,
appearing
casually.
●
In Genetics & Medicine:
Not
congenital
; acquired.
●
In Biology:
Developing in an
unusual
place or from an
unusual
source.
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Wiktionary
Origin
adventitious
English
adventicius
Latin
advenio
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Extrinsic
Exogenous
Accidental
Spontaneous
Sporadic
Acquired
Random
Foreign
Fortuitous
Related
Roots
Allelopathic
Stems
Stolons
Dicots
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