dumping ground

Definitions

1. 1

   A landfill.

2. 2

   Any place where unwanted items are sent.

   • The Indian representative of a global trade union called IndustriALL warned that other clothes and accessories shipped overseas might also be radioactive because India has become a "dumping ground" for the West's hazardous waste.
   • Around 25 years ago, it was used as a dumping ground for Toton locomotives destined for scrapyards.
3. 3

   A presumably polyphyletic supraspecific taxon where species of unclear affinities are…

   A presumably polyphyletic supraspecific taxon where species of unclear affinities are placed.

   • Several genera, e.g. Miltonia Lindl., Odontoglossum Kunth and Oncidium Sw., have historically been viewed as taxa of convenience and thus became dumping grounds for species of unclear relationships.

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