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- noun A
wild , i.e. not cultivated,plant - noun A wild
animal
Etymologies
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Examples
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Quoth the merchant to himself, This wildling is a rudesby and a maggotty head.
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I did not invent the word wildling, even if I did, feel free to use it as you wish.
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Still, there are other ways to green your evergreen -- Mr Hackwell recommended growing a family tree over several years or seeking out conservation groups which sell "wildling" pines: trees that have been found in areas where they disturb native vegetation.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By RORY McKINNON 2009
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More phlox - our native wildling - with hellebores and hostas
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Leslie will play Ygritte, a wildling woman who travels with Mance Rayder and crosses paths with Jon Snow Kit Harington.
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Meanwhile, in the lands beyond the Wall, the Night's Watch have taken the field against the wildling king, Mance Rayder, and Jon Snow is dispatched on a hazardous scouting mission.
Wertzone Classics: A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin Adam Whitehead 2010
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Daylilies and asters are being added to the wildling goldenrods occuring naturally there.
No Mow « Fairegarden 2010
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The main screechers were robins, who were darting and diving at a wildling mulberry tree behind the arborvitae.
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By the way, I may just borrow that word ‘wildling’ for the morning glory.
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The wildling morning glory wrapped around Hisbiscus ‘Kopper King’ would be an image so used, for what could be said about this serendipitous match?
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