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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).

   Derivatives

   • 1. adventitiously adverb

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