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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
adventitious
 
SYLLABICATION:ad·ven·ti·tious
PRONUNCIATION:  dvn-tshs, -vn-
ADJECTIVE:1. Not inherent but added extrinsically. See synonyms at accidental. 2. Biology Of or belonging to a structure that develops in an unusual place: adventitious roots.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin adventcius, foreign, from adventus, arrival. See advent.
OTHER FORMS:adven·titious·ly —ADVERB
adven·titious·ness —NOUN
 
 
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