ergasiophygophyte

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἐργᾰσίᾱ (ergăsíā, work, production) + φῠγή (phŭgḗ, flight) +‎ -phyte (plant)

Noun

ergasiophygophyte (plural ergasiophygophytes)

  1. (ecology, rare) Any formerly cultivated plant that has escaped into the wild.
    • 2003, Ludwik Frey, Problems of grass biology, page 196:
      12 taxa were numbered among ergasiophygophytes

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