adventitious root

American  

noun

1. Botany. a root growing from an unusual position, such as from a leaf or an above-ground part of the stem.

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adventitious root Scientific  

/ ăd′vĕn-tĭsh′əs /

1. 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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Example Sentences

A bud and adventitious root system form from the runner.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

I do not know at the present time how many species of nut trees will develop adventitious root buds, as my experiments have been confined to roots of the shagbark hickory, beech, and hazel.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 by Northern Nut Growers Association