adventitious
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin adventicius (“‘foreign’”), from advenire (“‘to arrive’”).
[edit] Adjective
adventitious (comparative more adventitious, superlative most adventitious)
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- From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
- accidental, additional, appearing casually
- (medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
- (biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
[edit] Translations
- Bulgarian: добавъчен, добавен отвън , придобит
- French: acquis(1,3), adventice (1,2)
- Japanese: 偶然的な, Botany: 異常な位置に生じた
- Korean: 우연적인, Botany: 이상한 곳에서 발생하는