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adventitious

[ad-vuhn-tish-uhs] / ˌæd vənˈtɪʃ əs /


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Some plants, however, also have adventitious roots, which emerge above the ground from the shoot.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

This show was a feat from day one; Covid-19 made it an adventitious masterpiece, a taxidermied stage for all we have lost.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2020

A bud and adventitious root system form from the runner.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

Foaming hawthorn and rhododendronHave colonised the field-edge, spreadingThrough copper beech and flowering chestnutAnd adventitious saplings.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2010

Like strawberries, peach palm throws out adventitious shoots.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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