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ruderal

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ru·der·al  (rdr-l) Botany
adj.
Growing in rubbish, poor land, or waste.
n.
A plant that grows in rubbish, poor land, or waste.

[New Latin rderlis, from Latin rdus, rder-, rubbish.]

ruderal [ˈruːdərəl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a plant that grows on waste ground
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) growing in waste places
[from New Latin rūderālis, from Latin rūdus rubble]


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Among the weeds and ruderal plants several field weeds were observed: corn cockle (Agrostemma githago), Centaurea cyanus, wild turnip (Brassica campestris), foxtail (Setaria sp.
comes from the German ruderal, a term for weeds growing by the roadside or on other fallow land.
 
 
 
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