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Noun: wilding  wI(-u)l-ding
  1. A wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree)
    "The wilding apple trees in the abandoned orchard produced small, tart fruit"
     
  2. [N. Amer] An outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women
    "The community was shocked by reports of wilding in the park"
     
  3. A wild plant or animal, especially one growing or living in a cultivated area
    "The gardener removed the wildings that had sprouted among the roses";
    - wildling

Derived forms: wildings

Type of: flora, plant, plant life, rampage, violent disorder

Encyclopedia: Wilding, Michael