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agrestal

American  
[uh-gres-tl] / əˈgrɛs tl /

adjective

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

agrestal British  
/ əˈɡrɛstəl /

adjective

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

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Etymology

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) + -al 1

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