Of a plant (or flower): growing in a state of nature; not cultivated.

Not tamed (in various senses); wild; unsubdued.

Of seed: Not sown; left without being sown. Also of vegetation: Growing without having been sown.

Of a seed, plant, etc.: not planted; not put or set in the ground; (also) growing naturally without having been planted. Also figurative.

Of a plant or tree: wild, uncultivated. Now rare.

Formed by nature; not subject to human intervention, not artificial. Of vegetation: growing of itself; self-sown, self-propagated; not introduced…

Of a plant, seed, etc.: sown without human involvement.

Of a plant, seed, etc.: sown without human involvement. Also figurative.

That has not been conquered, tried, worked, etc. Of a plant or tree: (a) that has not been lopped, pruned, or transplanted; (b) that has grown from…

Growing wild or naturally; of spontaneous growth. Obsolete. rare.

Growing or produced naturally without cultivation or labour.

Of plants: Not produced or improved by cultivation; growing without tillage or care.

Of a plant (or its flower or fruit): Growing wild: = wild, adj. 2. Chiefly poetic.

Of vegetation: Growing spontaneously.

Of soil or plants: Not cultivated or subjected to cultivation.

Ecology. Of a plant: growing wild (esp. as a weed) in cultivated land. Cf. agrestal, adj. Now rare.

Raised without external agency, intervention, or aid (in various senses of raise, v.1). Sometimes: spec. †(of a plant) wild, uncultivated (obsolete).