Associations to the word «Adventitious»
Noun
- Bud
- Root
- Embryo
- Sprout
- Regeneration
- Cutting
- Contaminant
- Stem
- Suture
- Propagation
- Shoot
- Contamination
- Lobe
- Purification
- Ornament
- Filament
- Bulb
- Roots
- Inhibition
- Serum
- Ev
- Clump
- Arising
- Induction
- Aid
- Colour
- Tissue
- Formation
- Virus
- Carbon
- Excess
- Circumstance
- Affinity
- Vaccine
- Leaf
- Plant
- Trunk
- Characterization
- Hormone
- Suspension
- Cell
- Organism
- Agent
- Organ
- Merit
- Growth
- Similarity
- Humour
- Occurrence
- Bark
- Requiring
- Saddle
- Obstacle
- Vector
- Advantage
- Attraction
- Oxygen
- Outline
- Metal
- Soil
- Testing
- Culture
- Stability
- Gene
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. (genetics) (medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. (biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
Dictionary definition
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. Associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.