FLOWERLESS

flowerless, nonflowering

(adjective) without flower or bloom and not producing seeds; “a flowerless plant”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

flowerless (not comparable)

Without flowers.

Source: Wiktionary


Flow"er*less, a.

Definition: Having no flowers. Flowerless plants, plants which have no true flowers, and produce no seeds; cryptigamous plants.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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