Etymology
Origin of jointless
Example Sentences
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You would assume she was a plant, there to make plain the links between the emphatic thwack of the sabar and the jointless human body, but the band seem genuinely surprised to see her.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2011
Leaves long, sheathing the base of the simple jointless stems, erect, thickish.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
The frond in all of them is jointless.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter
They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S by Project Gutenberg
Nelson, on arriving above, discovered that the chamber was lined with jointless brass about ten feet high and circular in shape.
From Astounding Stories, February, 1931 by Bates, Harry
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