31 August 2016

campestral

[kam-pes-truh l]

adjective

1. of or relating to fields or open country.

Origin of campestral

Latin

1730-1740; < Latin campestr (is) flat, equivalent to camp (us) field + -estris adj. suffix) + -al1

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Examples from the Web for campestral

Historical Examples

campestral, kam-pes′tral, adj. growing in or pertaining to fields.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Various

Anagram

camel strap
lace tramps
claret maps

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