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   Ad·ven·ti·tious

   /ˌadˌvenˈtiSHəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature: "my adventures were always adventitious, always thrust on me" Similar unplannedunpremeditatedaccidentalunintentionalunintendedunexpectedunforeseeninvoluntarychancefortuitousserendipitouscoincidentalcasualrandomflukyunlooked-forunhoped-fornot bargained forout of the bluewithout warningrare:aleatoryOpposite planned
   • ▪ coming from outside; not native: "the adventitious population" Similar foreignaliennonnativeoutsideexternalextraneousextrinsicOpposite nativeindigenous
   • ▪ formed accidentally or in an unusual anatomical position: "propagation of sour cherries by adventitious shoots"
   • ▪ (of a root) growing directly from the stem or other upper part of a plant.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin adventicius ‘coming to us from abroad’ (from advenire ‘arrive’) + -ous (see also -itious2).

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   • 1. adventitiously adverb

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   What does adventitious mean?

   • The meaning of ADVENTITIOUS is coming from another source and not inherent or innate. How to use adventitious in a sentence. Did you know?

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   • adventive (Adjective) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become naturalized. Webster Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:

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   Adventitious is a word you use to talk about things that "just kind of happen," not because you are trying to do them, but because they just come along. Christopher Columbus's stumbling upon the Caribbean while searching for a new route to India was adventitious.

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