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Definition of Rayless
1. Adjective. Having no parts resembling rays; not having ray flowers.
Definition of Rayless
1. a. Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes.
Definition of Rayless
1. Adjective. Lacking rays ¹
2. Adjective. Lightless, gloomy ¹
3. Adjective. (botany) Lacking florets ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rayless
1. having no rays [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rayless
Literary usage of Rayless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"It is interesting to note that the chemical and physical properties of a rayless
product can be determined by observing its effect on the succeeding product ..."
2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1876)
"Forms without pappus, or with inore or less reduced bristles, grow mingled with
the normal state. Tin1 rayless variety has ..."
3. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Forms without |Kippus, or with more or less reduced bristles, grow mingled with
the normal state. The rayless variety has been collected at Auburn, ..."
4. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1900)
"By taking' Violetta ' as a seed-bearer, and using pollen from rayless flowers,
... By careful selection the rayless strain of Tufted Pansy has been fixed ..."
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