ruderal

[ roo-der-uhl ]

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

noun
  1. a ruderal plant.

Origin of ruderal

1
1855–60; <New Latin rūderālis, equivalent to Latin rūder- (stem of rūdus broken stone, rubble) + -ālis-al1

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ruderal

/ (ˈruːdərəl) /


noun
  1. a plant that grows on waste ground

adjective
  1. growing in waste places

Origin of ruderal

1
C19: from New Latin rūderālis, from Latin rūdus rubble

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