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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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