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English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin ruderalis, from Latin rudus (“rubble”).
Noun
ruderal (plural ruderals)
- (botany) Any plant growing in rubbish or very poor soil
- (botany) A plant tending to volunteer in disturbed soil.
Adjective
ruderal (comparative more ruderal, superlative most ruderal)
- (botany) That grows in rubbish or poor soil
2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Pulphead:Rafinesque perfected his variant of this honorable philosophy while botanizing in the literal backyards of my childhood, examining ruderal plants I've known all my life, and so I have appropriated it from him, with minor tweaks.
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Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin ruderalis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ruderal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ruderals)
- ruderal
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Spanish
Adjective
ruderal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ruderales)
- ruderal
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