单词 | runnerless |
释义 | runnerlessadj. Of a strawberry plant, esp. an alpine one: not producing runners. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [adjective] > of plants producing edible berries > of a strawberry plant remontant1847 runnerless1847 maiden1974 1847 G. W. Johnson & R. Reid Strawberry (Gardener's Monthly Vol.) 14 Fragaria vesca.—Wood strawberry... Runnerless and simple-leaved. 1898 Salt Lake Semi-Weekly Tribune 29 Dec. 4/7 Some berries will be white, some black and others red, and some of the plants runnerless. 1925 U. P. Hedrick Small Fruits N.Y. iii. xiv. 359 Several of these [strawberries] have been white-fruiting sorts, and one, the Bush Alpine, was runnerless. 1981 Country Life 25 June 1846/2 The new French Bordurella perpetual [strawberry], virtually runnerless, and therefore a suitable plant for flower borders. 2003 C. Woodside Living on Acre v. 156 Some strawberries are runnerless forms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1847 |
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