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ruderalis

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Translingual

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Etymology

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Latin ruderalis

Adjective

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ruderalis

  1. A species descriptor.
    • 1776, P. S. Pallas Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs in einem ausführlichen Auszuge. Erster Theil (in German), page 146:
      Hingegen war in dieser ganzen Gegend und bis an die Bäche Soroka, das gemeine Kali und der Ceratocarpus an deren Wegen nicht zu sehen, sondern die Fahrgleise an deren Stelle mit dem Wegbreit (Polygonum auiculare,) Wermuth und stinkendem Lepidio ruderali bewachsen.
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Derived terms

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Latin

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Etymology

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rūdus, rūder- (rubble, debris) +‎ -ālis

Adjective

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rūderālis (neuter rūderāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (biology, New Latin) Pertaining to rubble, or post-catastrophic re-colonization.
    • M. B. Borkhausen, Tentamen dispositionis Plantarum Germaniae seminiferarum secundum novam methodum a stanium situ et proportione; cum characteribus generum essentialibus. opus posthumum, 1809, p. 60:
      In Lepidio ruderali semper duas tantum antheras inveni, rudimenta autem filamentorum reliquorum mihi adesse videbantur.

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative rūderālis rūderāle rūderālēs rūderālia
genitive rūderālis rūderālium
dative rūderālī rūderālibus
accusative rūderālem rūderāle rūderālēs
rūderālīs
rūderālia
ablative rūderālī rūderālibus
vocative rūderālis rūderāle rūderālēs rūderālia

Descendants

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  • Catalan: ruderal (learned)
  • English: ruderal
  • Translingual: ruderalis