leaves and small blue flowers. — Wild cumin (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant (Lagœcia cuminoides)
native in the countries about the Mediterranean. — Wild drake (Zoöl.) the mallard. — Wild elder
(Bot.), an American plant (Aralia hispida) of the Ginseng family. — Wild fowl (Zoöl.) any wild bird,
especially any of those considered as game birds. — Wild goose (Zoöl.), any one of several species
of undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), the European bean goose,
and the graylag. See Graylag, and Bean goose, under Bean. — Wild goose chase, the pursuit of
something unattainable, or of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose. Shak. — Wild
honey, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in trees, rocks, the like. — Wild hyacinth. (Bot.)
See Hyacinth, 1 (b). — Wild Irishman (Bot.), a thorny bush (Discaria Toumatou) of the Buckthorn
family, found in New Zealand, where the natives use the spines in tattooing. — Wild land. (a) Land
not cultivated, or in a state that renders it unfit for cultivation. (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
— Wild licorice. (Bot.) See under Licorice. — Wild mammee (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid
fruit of a tropical American tree (Rheedia lateriflora); — so called in the West Indies. — Wild marjoram
(Bot.), a labiate plant (Origanum vulgare) much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic. — Wild
oat. (Bot.) (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass (b) See Wild oats, under Oat. — Wild pieplant
(Bot.), a species of dock (Rumex hymenosepalus) found from Texas to California. Its acid, juicy stems
are used as a substitute for the garden rhubarb. — Wild pigeon. (Zoöl.) (a) The rock dove. (b) The
passenger pigeon. — Wild pink (Bot.), an American plant (Silene Pennsylvanica) with pale, pinkish
flowers; a kind of catchfly. — Wild plantain (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb much resembling
the banana. Its leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies as coverings for packages
of merchandise. — Wild plum. (Bot.) (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation. (b) The
South African prune. See under Prune. — Wild rice. (Bot.) See Indian rice, under Rice. — Wild
rosemary (Bot.), the evergreen shrub Andromeda polifolia. See Marsh rosemary, under Rosemary.
— Wild sage. (Bot.) See Sagebrush. - - Wild sarsaparilla (Bot.), a species of ginseng (Aralia
nudicaulis) bearing a single long-stalked leaf. — Wild sensitive plant (Bot.), either one of two annual
leguminous herbs (Cassia Chamæcrista, and C. nictitans), in both of which the leaflets close quickly when
the plant is disturbed. — Wild service.(Bot.) See Sorb. — Wild Spaniard (Bot.), any one of several
umbelliferous plants of the genus Aciphylla, natives of New Zealand. The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike
spines, and the plants form an impenetrable thicket. — Wild turkey. (Zoöl.) See 2d Turkey.
Wild
(Wild) n. An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as,
the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.
then Libya first, of all her moisture drained,
Became a barren waste, a wild of sand.
Addison. Wild
(Wild), adv. Wildly; as, to talk wild. Shak.
