Definitions | adventitious |
| adjective
- from an external source; not innate nor inherent
- (biology) developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source
- not congenital
Translations: - French: acquis(1,3), adventice (1,2)
Etymology: Latin adventicius, "foreign", from advenire, "to arrive"
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