= dodded, adj.

Of plants, etc.: Not furnished with bristles or hairy tufts; awnless.

Botany. Of a (variety of) plant or a part of a plant: that lacks a beard (beard, n. 4a).

Botany. = muticous, adj.

Without awns.

Having no down or hair.

transferred. Without the usual or natural covering (in various senses). Of wheat, grain, etc.: Awnless, beardless.

Awnless.

having no fringe.

Lacking a point; esp. (in cereals and other grasses) having no terminal point or awn.

Botany. = muticous, adj.