Adventitious

Definition:

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

Compare adventitious with other words:

adventitious vs. complication

adventitious vs. bombastic

adventitious vs. nonessential

adventitious vs. branch

adscititious vs. adventitious

adventitious vs. adventure

adventitious vs. adventive

advent vs. adventitious

adventitious vs. spontaneous

adventitious vs. sporadic

adventitious vs. unusual

adventitious vs. extrinsic

adventitious vs. congenital

acquired vs. adventitious

additional vs. adventitious

adventitious vs. foreign

adventitious vs. inherent

adventitious vs. innate

adventitious vs. external

adventitious vs. fortuitous

adventitious vs. inadvertent

accidental vs. adventitious