treelessness
- a word derived from tree.
Example Sentences
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I am speaking chiefly of the western part of Normandy: the parts about Caen approach more nearly to the flatness, monotony, and dreary treelessness of ordinary French and German scenery.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various
Richard Jefferies, who lived for a while at Hove, blessed also the treelessness of Brighton.
From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur
After the utter treelessness of our own immediate neighbourhood, the sight of such a mass of foliage is a joy to my eyes.
From Station Life in New Zealand by Barker, Lady (Mary Anne)
To me no place could be more unattractive than Colorado Springs, from its utter treelessness.
From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
In Australian use, the word not only implies flatness, but treelessness.
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis
