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adventitious
ad·ven·ti·tious [ àdvən tíshəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. from outside: added from an outside and often unexpected source rather than intrinsic
2. unusually positioned: developing in an unusual position, as does a root growing downward from a branch
[Early 17th century. < medieval Latin adventitius "coming from outside," alteration of Latin adventicius< adventus (see Advent)]

ad·ven·ti·tious·ly adverb
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