flowerless

[ flou-er-lis ]

/ ˈflaʊ ər lɪs /

adjective

having or producing no flowers.

Botany. having no true seeds; cryptogamic.

Nearby words

flowering plant, flowering quince, flowering raspberry, flowering tobacco, flowering wintergreen, flowerless, flowerlet, flowerlike, flowerpecker, flowerpot, flowers

Origin of flowerless

First recorded in 1490–1500; flower + -less

Related forms

flow·er·less·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for flowerless

Lichen: a kind of flowerless plant that grows on stones, trees, boards, etc.
Agriculture for Beginners|Charles William Burkett
I have brought to the hive, of which thou art queen, a bee I found lost on a flowerless road.
Thais|Anatole France
In a dim, still light we at last slowly descended out of the darker glade into a garden of grey terraces and flowerless walks.
Henry Brocken|Walter J. de la Mare
They resembled both mosses and lycopods, which are flowerless cryptogamic plants of a low organisation.
The World Before the Deluge|Louis Figuier

Next succeed the Acrogens, or flowerless plants that possess both stems and leaves,—such as the ferns and their allies.
The Testimony of the Rocks|Hugh Miller

British Dictionary definitions for flowerless

flowerless

/ (ˈflaʊəlɪs) /

adjective

designating any plant that does not produce seedsSee cryptogam

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