Etymology
Origin of stalkless
Example Sentences
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Flowers stalkless, with pointed, straw-coloured petals, forming a shallow cup about ¾ in. across the top.
From Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation by Watson, W.
For little Cissy was bringing all her stalkless flowers to Jane; smiling at her as if she alone possessed the secret of this play.
From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May
Feather-star holding on by its grasping threads and its larv� attached by stalks Feather-star, one of the stalkless echinoderms belonging to the Crinoidea.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
It was kept so closely cropped by the Ryans' goat that its dandelions grew dwarfed and stalkless, and were set flat in the fine sward like mock suns.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Barlow, Jane
Spike: a lengthened flower cluster with stalkless flowers.
From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William
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