adventitious
Example Sentences
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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
Note that this is distinct from the adventitious breeding of swallows on British outbuildings or barns.
From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2013
Like strawberries, peach palm throws out adventitious shoots.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
