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Adventitious
ˌadv(ə)nˈtɪʃəs
Adventitious definitions
adjective
adventitious
- happening as a result of an external factor or chance rather than design or inherent nature
"adventitious similarities"
unplanned unpremeditated accidental unintentional unintended unexpected unforeseen involuntary chance fortuitous serendipitous coincidental casual random fluky unlooked-for unhoped-for not bargained for out of the blue without warning- coming from outside; not native
"the adventitious population"
- formed accidentally or in an unusual anatomical position
"adventitious lobes may appear between the primaries"
- (of a root, shoot, etc.) produced in an unusual part of a plant