Adventitious(a.) Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
Adventitious(a.) Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots.
Adventitious(a.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.
Adventitious(a.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental.

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