Ruderal (adj)
roo-duh-rel
(of a plant) growing in waste places, along roadsides or in rubbish.
1855–60; New Latin rūderālis, equivalent to Latin rūder- (stem of rūdus broken stone, rubble) + -ālis-al1
Example sentences
“wild camomile is such a ruderal plant, it loves to grow in the pavement cracks.”
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