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ad·ven·ti·tious / ˌadvenˈtishəs/ • adj. happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature. ∎ coming from outside; not native: the adventitious population. ∎ Biol. formed accidentally or in an unusual anatomical position: propagation of sour cherries by adventitious shoots. ∎ Bot. (of a root) growing directly from the stem or other upper part of a plant. DERIVATIVES: ad·ven·ti·tious·ly adv. |
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"adventitious." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "adventitious." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-adventitious.html "adventitious." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-adventitious.html |
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adventitious Describing organs or other structures that arise in unusual positions. For example, ivy has adventitious roots growing from its stems.
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"adventitious." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "adventitious." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O6-adventitious.html "adventitious." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O6-adventitious.html |
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adventitious coming from without, accidental, casual. XVII. f. adventitius, medL. sp. of L. adventīcius, f. advent-; see prec. and -ITIOUS1.
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T. F. HOAD. "adventitious." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "adventitious." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-adventitious.html T. F. HOAD. "adventitious." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-adventitious.html |
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adventitious (ad-ven-ti-shŭs) adj.
1. occurring in a place other than the usual one. 2. relating to the adventitia. |
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"adventitious." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "adventitious." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-adventitious.html "adventitious." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-adventitious.html |
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adventitious Growing from an unusual position (e.g. roots from a leaf or stem).
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "adventitious." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "adventitious." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-adventitious.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "adventitious." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-adventitious.html |
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adventitious Growing from an unusual position, e.g. roots from a leaf or stem.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "adventitious." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "adventitious." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-adventitious.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "adventitious." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-adventitious.html |
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adventitious
•factious, fractious
•anxious • captious
•precious, semi-precious
•infectious
•conscientious, contentious, licentious, pretentious, sententious, tendentious
•Athanasius, audacious, bodacious, cactaceous, capacious, carbonaceous, contumacious, Cretaceous, curvaceous, disputatious, edacious, efficacious, fallacious, farinaceous, flirtatious, foliaceous, fugacious, gracious, hellacious, herbaceous, Ignatius, loquacious, mendacious, mordacious, ostentatious, perspicacious, pertinacious, pugnacious, rapacious, sagacious, salacious, saponaceous, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, spacious, tenacious, veracious, vexatious, vivacious, voracious
•facetious, Lucretius, specious
•adventitious, Aloysius, ambitious, auspicious, avaricious, capricious, conspicuous, delicious, expeditious, factitious, fictitious, flagitious, judicious, lubricious, malicious, Mauritius, meretricious, nutritious, officious, pernicious, propitious, repetitious, seditious, siliceous, superstitious, suppositious, surreptitious, suspicious, vicious
•noxious, obnoxious
•conscious, subconscious, unselfconscious
•cautious, tortious
•atrocious, ferocious, precocious
•Confucius • luscious
•bumptious, scrumptious
•compunctious, rambunctious
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"adventitious." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "adventitious." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-adventitious.html "adventitious." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-adventitious.html |
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