ruderal
[ roo-der-uh l ]
/ ˈru dər əl /
adjective
(of a plant) growing in waste places, along roadsides or in rubbish.
noun
a ruderal plant.
Origin of ruderal
1855–60; < New Latin
rūderālis, equivalent to Latin
rūder- (stem of
rūdus broken stone, rubble) +
-ālis
-al1
Words nearby ruderal
ruddy,
ruddy duck,
ruddy turnstone,
rude,
rude awakening,
ruderal,
rudesheimer,
rudiment,
rudimentary,
rudish,
rudny
Example sentences from the Web for ruderal
Infrequent in the shrub stratum of the dry, ruderal grassland habitat.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches |Louis M. Roth
British Dictionary definitions for ruderal
ruderal
/ (ˈruːdərəl) /
noun
a plant that grows on waste ground
adjective
growing in waste places
Word Origin for ruderal
C19: from New Latin
rūderālis, from Latin
rūdus rubble