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flowerless

[ flou-er-lis ]

adjective

  1. having or producing no flowers.
  2. Botany. having no true seeds; cryptogamic.


ˈflowerless

/ ˈflaʊəlɪs /

adjective

  1. designating any plant that does not produce seeds See cryptogam


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  • flower·less·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flowerless1

First recorded in 1490–1500; flower + -less

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Example Sentences

The earliest forms of which we have any knowledge were flowerless plants, which produced minute spores instead of seeds.

There are about 110,000 species of flowering plants and nearly as many flowerless plants.

Writing of these flowerless beauties, I am tempted to exclaim again, "Happy the humble!"

Its stem is thin but hard, and much branched, the numerous flowerless branches usually forming a dense tuft close to the ground.

The jubilant cry from the flowering thorn to the flowerless willow, "smite, smite, smite."

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