agrestal

[uh-gres-tl]

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adjective

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

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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Related Words for agrestal

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

British Dictionary definitions for agrestal

agrestal

adjective

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

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