adventitious
adventitious
ad.ven.ti.tious AHD[²d”vµn-t¹sh“…s, -v…n-] DJ[7#dven6t!.*s, -v*n-] KK[7#dvWn6t!.*s, -v*n-]
adj.(形容词)
1.Not inherent but added extrinsically.See Synonyms ataccidental
    外来的:并非与生俱有的而是外加的参见accidental
2.Biology Of or belonging to a structure that develops in an unusual place:
  【生物学】 不定的,偶生的:属于在异常部位生长之结构的:
    adventitious roots.
   不定根
ORIGIN
1.From Latinadventīcius [foreign]
    源自 拉丁语adventīcius [外部的]
2.fromadventus [arrival] * see advent
    源自adventus [到来] *参见advent
DERIVATIVES
▪ad”venti“tiously adv.(副词)
▪ad”venti“tiousness n.(名词)