# wilding

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #50,321

## Definitions
1. A wild apple or apple tree.
2. Any plant that grows wild; a wildflower, etc.

## Etymology
From Middle English wilding, wylding, wyldyng (“grass, straw, or the stems of wild plants”), equivalent to wild + -ing.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wilding