Look up: adventitious


  1. Adventitious
    plant parts, such as shoots and roots, produced in an unusual position on a plant or at an unusual time of development.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20003

  2. Adventitious
    Having growth from places where normally growth does not occur (i.e. if a stem is buried and a plant will grow.)
    Found op http://www.emilycompost.com/garden_glossary.htm

  3. Adventitious
    Roots or buds arising from an unusual position on a stem eg. roots on stems, or buds produced elsewhere than in the axils of leaves or the extremities of stems.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  4. Adventitious
    Originating from other than the usual location.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20637

  5. Adventitious
    Adventitious: Coming from an external source or occurring in an unusual place or manner. Not inherent, inherited or innate but rather occurring accidentally or spontaneously. When a doctor or nurse auscults (listens to) the chest or abdomen, adventitious sounds are those that are normally not heard ...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=13490

  6. Adventitious
    Ad`ven·ti'tious adjective [ Latin adventitius .] 1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign. « To things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious idea of ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/34

  7. adventitious
    <botany> Describes roots or shoots or other parts that grow in an uncharacteristic place on a plant (such as roots growing from leaves). ... (06 May 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?adventitious



  1. adventitious
    (ad″ven-tish´әs) not normal to a part.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  2. Adventitious
    • (a.) Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign. • (a.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants. • (a.) Acquired, as diseases; accidenta...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/adventitious/

  3. adventitious
    adventitious 1. Of the nature of an addition from without; extrinsically added, not essentially inherent; supervenient, accidental, casual. 2. Appearing casually, or out of the normal or usual place; especially, in botany of roots, shoots, buds, etc. produced in unusual parts of the plant.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1099/

  4. adventitious
    Referring to a structure arising fron an unusual place, such as stems from roots or roots from stems.
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/adventitious.html

  5. adventitious
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ad-ven-tish′ŭs Definitions: 1. Arising from an external source or occurring in an unusual place or manner. 2. Occurring accidentally or spontaneously, as opposed to naturally or through heredity. Synonyms: adventitial
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=1433

  6. Adventitious
    occurring in unusual or unexpected locations such as roots on aerial stems or buds on leaves
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21767

  7. adventitious
    a structure produced in an abnormal position; e.g. an adventitious bud produced from a stem rather than from the axil of a leaf.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_botanical_terms

  8. adventitious
    1) Accidental 2) Extrinsic
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/adventitious/1

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