1. wild plants or animals, especially those growing or living without human care or cultivation
2. wild apple trees or their fruit
Usage: specialized

Examples

• The garden was overrun with wildings that had sprouted from bird-dropped seeds.
• She collected wildings from the forest to transplant in her natural landscape design.
• The orchard contained both grafted trees and wildings that had grown on their own.
• Wildings often display more hardiness than their cultivated counterparts.
• The botanist studied the genetic diversity found in local wildings.
• Many wildings produce smaller but more flavorful fruit than commercial varieties.