Adventitious roots are those which do not appear in the usual place on a plant.
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Adventitious
//ˌæd.vənˈtɪʃ.əs//
Synonyms for "adventitious" (83 found)
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Related words (41)
Adjective(14 words)
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4 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
3 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 12 languages.
Catalan
4 entries- adventici adj (accidental, additional, appearing casually)
- adventici adj (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)
- aquirit adj (genetics, medicine: not congenital)
- ectòpic adj (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)
Czech
4 entries- adventivní adj (from an external source)
- adventivní adj (accidental, additional, appearing casually)
- adventivní adj (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)
- náhodný adj (accidental, additional, appearing casually)
French
4 entries- acquis adj (from an external source)
- acquis adj (genetics, medicine: not congenital)
- adventice adj (from an external source)
- adventice adj (accidental, additional, appearing casually)
Hungarian
4 entries- adventív adj (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)
- alkalmi adj (accidental, additional, appearing casually)
- alkalomszerű adj (accidental, additional, appearing casually)
- idegen adj (from an external source)
Irish
2 entries- aidbhinteach adj (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)
- taismeach adj (accidental, additional, appearing casually)
Italian
4 entries- acquisito adj (genetics, medicine: not congenital)
- aleatorio adj (accidental, additional, appearing casually)
- ausiliario adj (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)
- avventizio adj (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- adventiv adj (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)
Persian
1 entries- نابجا adj (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)
Portuguese
3 entries- adventício adj (from an external source)
- adventício adj (accidental, additional, appearing casually)
- adventício adj (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)
Russian
4 entries- вне́шний adj (from an external source)
- вспомога́тельный adj (accidental, additional, appearing casually)
- доба́вочный adj (from an external source)
- доба́вочный adj (accidental, additional, appearing casually)
Spanish
3 entries- adventicio adj (from an external source)
- adventicio adj (accidental, additional, appearing casually)
- adventicio adj (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)
Tagalog
1 entries- saanman adj (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Someone with a positive manner, perhaps a detective, used the expression "mad man" as he bent over Wilson's body that afternoon, and the adventitious authority of his voice set the key for the newspaper reports next morning.
Source: tatoeba (9593434)
His arrivals were always adventitious, leaving others little time to prepare.
Source: tatoeba (12849649)
A rather adventitious source informed me of his past doings.
Source: tatoeba (12849650)
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