Adventitious root
advent-tious root
advent-tious root
(ād’věn-tĭsh’əs)
a root growing from a location other than the underground, descending portion of the axis of a plant, as from a stem or leaf.
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- Adventure definition language
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a children’s playground, often in a somewhat desolate urban area, that utilizes derelict industrial or commercial items or products for equipment, as used tires for swings and wooden crates for tunnels. noun (brit) a playground for children that contains building materials, discarded industrial parts, etc, used by the children to build with, hide in, climb […]