A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


wild: ferus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v., sylvestris,-e (adj.B), incultus,-a,-um (part.A). wild: turbidus,-a,-um (adj.A): full of confusion or disorder, confused, disordered; cf. agitatus,-a,-um (part.A), tumultuosus,-a,-um (adj.A); see confused, disordered.
wild, uncultivated: agrius,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v.; ferus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v.; sylvestris,-e (adj.B), incultus,-a,-um (part.A); spontaneus,-a,-um (adj.A): naturally growing wild, spontaneous (opposite of cultus, sativus); sylvestris,-e (adj.B), opp. hortensis,-e (adj.B), horticultural; cf. domestic, naturalized; - Specim. sylvestre videtur vix palmare demissnm, hortense erectum 2-3-pedale (DeCandolle), a wild specimen seen low-lying, scarcely three inches high, a horticultural [specimen] erect, 2-3-feet high. - ampelos agria, wild vine, vine of the fields. - Var. [alpha] quae etiam sylvestris reperitur, forsan tamen ex hortis migrata (DeCandolle), the var. alpha, which is also found in the wild, perhaps nevertheless migrated from gardens. NOTE: agrestis,-e (adj.B), although associated with cultivated fields, may indicate ‘wild’ because something lives in the fields.
wild: turbidus,-a,-um (adj.A): full of confusion or disorder, confused, disordered; cf. agitatus,-a,-um (part.A), tumultuosus,-a,-um (adj.A); see confused, disordered.