agrestal

[ uh-gres-tl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to plants growing wild in fields and uncultivated areas.

agrestal

/ əˈɡrɛstəl /

adjective

1. (of uncultivated plants such as weeds) growing on cultivated land

Word History and Origins

Origin of agrestal¹

1600–10; < Latin agrest ( is ) pertaining to fields, rural, rustic (by dissimilation from *agrestris, equivalent to agr-, stem of ager field + -estris adj. suffix) + -al ¹

Related Words

• pure
• raw