ADVENTITIOUS

adj.?sh’u%s, Lat., advent it i us, adventicius (from advenire), foreign. Fr., advent if, advent ice, acc i dentel. Ger., adventitial) advent it i ell, adventiv, zufällig. It., adventizio. Sp., advent i cio. Syn.: adventitial, adventine, adventive. 1. Out of place, occurring in an anomalous or extraordinary manner or situation. [B.] 2. Acquired, not hereditary (said of diseases). See Dementia adventitia. 3. In botany, developed in an unnatural situation (said of entire plants and ot individual organs). [B.] 4. Added to anything which may already be considered complete. [J.] See An vENT IT I A. 5. Pertaining to an adventitia (q. v.). [J.]