| Subject | English | Chinese |
| agric. | adventitious root | 不定根 (radix adventiva) |
| bot. | adventitious root | 不定根 |
| genet. | adventitious roots | 不定根 |
| tech. | aquatic adventitious roots | 水生不定根 |
| tech. | much-branched adventitious roots | 分枝多的不定根 |
| agric. | zone of adventitious root | 发根带指禾本科秆上节部所生不定根的部位 |