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.
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For little Cissy was bringing all her stalkless flowers to Jane; smiling at her as if she alone possessed the secret of this play.
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Spike: a lengthened flower cluster with stalkless flowers.
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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.
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The leaves are ¾in. long, and less than ½in. wide, ovate or nearly cordate, partially folded, and sometimes reflexed at the ends, nearly stalkless, slightly toothed, smooth, of good substance and a peculiar grey-green colour.
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