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ruderal

[ roo-der-uhl ]

adjective

  1. (of a plant) growing in waste places, along roadsides or in rubbish.

noun

  1. a ruderal plant.

ruderal

/ ˈruːdərəl /

noun

  1. a plant that grows on waste ground

adjective

  1. growing in waste places

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ruderal1

1855–60; < New Latin rūderālis, equivalent to Latin rūder- (stem of rūdus broken stone, rubble) + -ālis -al 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ruderal1

C19: from New Latin rūderālis , from Latin rūdus rubble

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Example Sentences

The latter are often termed ruderal or vagabonds (see p. 29).

Infrequent in the shrub stratum of the dry, ruderal grassland habitat.

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