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ruderal

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ru⋅der⋅al

  [roo-der-uhl] Botany
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–adjective
1. (of a plant) growing in waste places, along roadsides or in rubbish.
–noun
2. a ruderal plant.
Origin:
1855–60; < NL rūderālis, equiv. to L rūder- (s. of rūdus broken stone, rubble) + -ālis -al 1
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ru·der·al   (rōō'dər-əl)   
adj.  Growing in rubbish, poor land, or waste.
n.  A plant that grows in rubbish, poor land, or waste.

[New Latin rūderālis, from Latin rūdus, rūder-, rubbish.]
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