Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ruderal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
rud-er-al
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant growing in rubbish or very poor soil.

noun

A plant tending to volunteer in disturbed soil.

adj

That grows in rubbish or poor soil.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rūderālis, from Latin rūdus (“rubble”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ruderals (plural) more ruderal (comparative) most ruderal (superlative)

Derived Forms

ruderally

Frequently Paired Words

ruderalise agrestic

Questions

What does ruderal mean?
Any plant growing in rubbish or very poor soil.
Where does ruderal come from?
Borrowed from New Latin rūderālis, from Latin rūdus (“rubble”).

How to pronounce ruderal

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