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.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
