flowerlessadj.
/ˈflaʊələs/, U.S. /ˈflaʊərləs/ a. Without flower or bloom; spec. in Botany, flowerless plant = cryptogam n.
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1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 364/1 An herb he brought flourelesse all grene.
1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 99 Lays his silvered head upon the flowerless bank.
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. i. i. 22 In Flowerless plants they [sc. spiral vessels] are for the most part..absent.
b. Unadorned with flowers.
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1892 ‘M. Field’ Sight & Song 86 Three virgins, flowerless, slow of step.
1895 Pall Mall Mag. Mar. 403 The room had a bleak flowerless look.
Derivatives
ˈflowerlessness n. the condition or quality of being flowerless.
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1855 in J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Suppl.
1895 A. Austin in Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 641/2 Another apologist for the flowerlessness of Irish peasant dwellings.
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