(1) Wild (Adjective) [ Botany
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Comparative: Wilder
Superlative: Wildest |
Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names |
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Wild (Adjective):
Growing spontaneously, not
cultivated. |
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- Wild flower: A plant not of a
cultivated variety,
occurring, growing, or
living in a natural
state without the aid and care of man rather than being
cultivated in fields,
parks, or gardens; inhabiting natural areas, as the
forest or open field
native;
For example: wild camomile, wild strawberry, etc..
- Wild animal: An animal that is not a domesticated
animal — the common usage includes feral animals.
- Wild product: Something produced by animals or
plants living freely in a natural
habitat rather than by
domesticated
animals or cultivated plants
For example edible wild fruit, wild honey etc…
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Wild area: A territory that is not
inhabited or farmed or able to be inhabited by humans because
of being remote and barren.
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(2) Wild (Adverb) [ Botany
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Wild (Adverb): In an
uncultivated way: in a
natural or undomesticated
state rather than being cultivated in fields, parks, or gardens. |
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| For example: Flowers that grow wild in the
fields or animals roaming wild in the forest |
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(3) Wild (Noun) [ Botany
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(4) Wilds (Noun
plural) [ Botany -
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Wild (Noun plural): An area or region
uncultivated or little affected by human activity that is completely
uninhabited or only very sparsely populated because it is remote and
barren; as a forest or
desert; a
wilderness; a waste; Often
used in the plural. |
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| For example: The wilds of the American
prairie , the wilds of Africa
etc |
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(5) wild |
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Wild (noun): Warlike,
Cruel (= Latin "Ferox") |
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(6) wild- [ Prefix ] |
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Wild- (prefix): Many
native
plants are named by
prefixing
wild to the names of other better known or cultivated plants to
which they bear a real or fancied resemblance; |
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| For example: Wild-bean, wild-cherry, etc... |
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