flowerless

/flowerless/

Thân thiện

A small flowerless plant grows on the shaded forest floor.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Without flowers; not producing flowers: Describes a plant that does not bear or produce flowers.
   • Not producing seeds via flowers: Specifically refers to plants that reproduce by means other than seeds from flowers, such as spores.

Usage

• The term "flowerless" is used primarily in botanical contexts to classify or describe plants. It is the opposite of "flowering."
• It can be used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb).

Examples

• Attributive use:
  • Ferns and mosses are classic examples of flowerless plants.
  • The botanist studied the flowerless species in the shaded forest.
• Predicative use:
  • This particular plant is completely flowerless.
  • In that arid environment, many plants remain flowerless for years.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific Classification: In botany, "flowerless" is a descriptive term for non-flowering plants (cryptogams), which include ferns, mosses, liverworts, and algae.
  • The early flora of Earth was dominated by flowerless, spore-producing plants.

Variants and Related Words

• Flowerlessness (noun): The state or condition of being without flowers.
  • The flowerlessness of the landscape was due to the extreme cold.

Synonyms

• Non-flowering: Not producing flowers.
• Cryptogamic: (Scientific) Relating to plants that have no true flowers or seeds, such as ferns or mosses.

Antonyms

• Flowering: Bearing flowers.
• Phanerogamic: (Scientific) Relating to seed plants that produce flowers.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. without flower or bloom and not producing seeds
   • a flowerless plant

Từ đồng nghĩa

• nonflowering