Etymology
Origin of stalkless
Example Sentences
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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
The leaves of the root are large and stalked, oval, lance-shaped, and wrinkled; those of the stems are stalkless, and so attached as to give the stems a winged appearance near their junction.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John
The nearer ground was strewn with glaciated boulders and supported nothing but a stunted Alpine vegetation of compact clustering stems and stalkless flowers.
From The War in the Air by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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.
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
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