English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Adventitious
Adventitious
(a.)
Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent;
accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
Adventitious
(a.)
Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious
buds or roots.
Adventitious
(a.)
Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or
district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign
plants.
Adventitious
(a.)
Acquired, as diseases; accidental.