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单词 runnerless
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runnerlessadj.

Brit. /ˈrʌnələs/, U.S. /ˈrənərləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: runner n.1, -less suffix.
Etymology: < runner n.1 + -less suffix.
Of a strawberry plant, esp. an alpine one: not producing runners.
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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).
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