Meaning of dumping ground | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A landfill.
2. Any place where unwanted items are sent.
   figuratively
3. A presumably polyphyletic supraspecific taxon where species of unclear affinities are placed.

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Examples

“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.”

“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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