Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

adventitious

adventitious (ad`ven*tish"us) , adjective

[Latin adventitius.]

1.
Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent.
To things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious idea of terror, they become without comparison greater. — Burke
2.
(Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots.
3.
(Botany) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.
4.
(Medicine) Acquired, as diseases; not hereditary. — AS
5.
(Medicine) Occurring in an unusual place or arising from an external source. — Stedman 25