ADVENTITIOUS

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 1

(Lat. advent it i us, extra or15 ADULTERY. dinary.) In Botany, when any thing appears out of the ordmary course of nature: if a bud appears where buds do not usually appear, it is adventitious. Thifj term must not be confounded with abnormal, which is used when any thing is constructed out of the ordinary course. [s. 28]