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Adventitious

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Adjective

1. adventitious

associated by chance and not an integral part

Example Sentences:
'poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form'
'they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Adventitious

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adjective
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

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Adventitious

see synonyms of adventitious
adjective
1. 
added from outside; not inherent; accidental
2. 
occurring in unusual or abnormal places
adventitious roots growing on a stem

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Adventitious

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adj.
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. Originating from an external source, especially as a contaminant: adventitious viruses in a cell culture.
c. Not congenital: adventitious deafness.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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