adventitious roots play an important role in phosphorus acquisition, as they are localized near the soil surface where phosphorus is relatively abundant. From LearnThat.org. [http://crop.scijournals.org/cgi/content/full/46/4/1609]
Leaf-buds occasionally arise from the roots, when they are called adventitious; this occurs in many fruit trees, poplars, elms and others. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
Grapes, with adventitious fruits in interior 183 98. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
By Morren this production of adventitious spurs was called. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
To be considered first is adventitious deafness as a whole. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
There are two kinds of deafness -- adventitious and congenital. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
Cucumber, with adventitious leaf attached (S.J. Salter) 258 139. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
= Formation of adventitious flowers and fruits within the ovary. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
For further statistics, we may revert to our tables under adventitious deafness. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
In prolification and in multiplication the adventitious structures are of independent origin. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
I have seen many specimens of adventitious roots produced on the olive in the way just mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Mention has also been made of the presence of adventitious buds on leaves and in other situations. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
It should be stated that five and six adventitious leaflets are found almost as frequently as four. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
These adventitious carpels frequently contain imperfect ovules and form a whorl above the normal ones. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Persian walnut, I find, unless it's way far down on the trunk of a tree, will not form adventitious buds. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
If deafness in the parent is really adventitious, there is little possibility of its passing on to the offspring. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
= -- The development of adventitious lobes from leaves may take place either from their surfaces or their margins. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
For other cases of prolification or the adventitious formation of buds on leaves, roots, &c., see under Heterotaxy. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
How proud she looks, yet modest, as one too sure of her innate nobility to need adventitious aid to impress others. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886] Reference
Formation of adventitious roots, 156 -- Of shoots below the cotyledons, 161 -- adventitious leaves, 162 -- On scapes. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The adventitious organs appeared as if they were developments from the thalamus -- a kind of foliaceous disc, in fact. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The adventitious petal or scale is an excrescence or an outgrowth from the primary organ, and formed subsequently to it. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
In both forms the adventitious growth is much more frequently a flower-bud or an inflorescence than a leaf-bud or a branch. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Whether or not adventitious deafness is increasing in respect to the general population, the table does not disclose definitely. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
Of the total number of cases adventitious deafness comprises nearly two-thirds, and congenital deafness a little over one-third. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
All that the operator requires to attend to is the amputation of the laterals until this adventitious fellow has gained a supremacy. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
There is thus a considerable sphere for action towards the prevention of adventitious deafness both by legislation and by education. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
The production of adventitious roots is not limited to the ordinary leaves of the plant, but may be manifested on the cotyledons; thus. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
= -- In the preceding sections the formation of adventitious buds of a leafy or floral nature on the inflorescence has been considered. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
In respect to present activities for the prevention of adventitious deafness, we find the situation very much like that of marking time. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
Nearly all adventitious deafness is caused by some disease of infancy or childhood attacking the middle or internal ear, a large part being of infectious character. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
= Axillary prolification = is the term applied to those cases wherein one or more adventitious buds spring from the axils of one or more of the parts of the flower. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Our next inquiry is in respect to the increase or decrease of adventitious deafness from the several diseases individually, which is, upon the whole, the more satisfactory test. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
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