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Definition of Petalless
1. Adjective. (of flowers) having no petals.
Definition of Petalless
1. Adjective. Lacking petals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petalless
Literary usage of Petalless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1883)
"The original petal- less lily has long since died out before the fierce competition
of its own more Advanced descendants; and the existing petalless reeds ..."
2. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"... conspicuous veins, 15-32 inches long, the stems very short. Flowers small,
petalless, inconspicuous green, usually solitary at the base of the ..."
3. Flowers and Their Pedigrees by Grant Allen (1883)
"Flowers and their Pedigrees. descendants; and the existing petalless reeds or
cuckoo-pints, as well as the apparently petalless wheats and grasses, ..."
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