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agrestal

[ uh-gres-tl ]
/ əˈgrɛs tl /
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adjective

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

RELATED WORDS

raw, pure, wild, plain, crude, whole, native, agrarian, uncultivated, unpolished, undomesticated, unprocessed, unbleached, unmixed

Nearby words

agree, agreeable, agreeance, agreed, agreement, agrestal, agrestic, agri-, agri-environmental, agria, agribiz

Origin of agrestal

1600–10; < Latin agrest(is) pertaining to fields, rural, rustic (by dissimilation from *agrestris, equivalent to agr-, stem of ager field + -estris adj. suffix) + -al1
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British Dictionary definitions for agrestal

agrestal

/ (əˈɡrɛstəl) /

adjective

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