verdurelessadj.
/ˈvəːdjʊəlɪs/ Destitute of verdure; lacking vegetation; bare, bleak. (Frequently from c1850.)
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nakedOE
peeled?a1513
unverdanta1657
verdureless1824
plantless1842
vegetationless1846
1824 Moir in Blackwood's Mag. 16 394 The bright-feather'd tribes of the sea..bask on the verdureless brow of the deep.
1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus xiv My heart is like a branch long broken from its stem, withered and verdureless.
1877 J. W. Dawson Origin of World viii. 181 It was a world of bare, rocky peaks, and verdureless valleys.
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- change swap horses in midstream while crossing a stream
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