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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| ruderal |
| SYLLABICATION: | ru·der·al |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r  d r-l |
| ADJECTIVE: | Botany Growing in rubbish, poor land, or waste. |
| NOUN: | A plant that grows in rubbish, poor land, or waste. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin r der lis, from Latin rdus, rder-, rubbish.
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