Etymology
Origin of stalkless
Example Sentences
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If a flower is stalkless, i. e. sits directly in the axil or other support, it is said to be sessile.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
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 John Wood
A stout, spreading shrub about a yard high, with large, oblong-lanceolate, smooth, and stalkless leaves.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster
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 H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Flowers stalkless, with pointed, straw-coloured petals, forming a shallow cup about ¾ in. across the top.
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