adventitious
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Adventitious organs are those that grow in unusual places, such as roots growing from the side of a stem.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Adventitious buds on root of sea-kale 172 84, 85.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Some writers have classified mineral discoveries into Search, Chance and Adventitious.
From The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines by Hoskin, Arthur J.
Adventitious pod in silique of Cheiranthus 182 96, 97.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Adventitious buds form the clusters of curious thorns on the Honey-locust and the tufts of whip-like branches on the trunks and large limbs of the Elms.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
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