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burrless

burrless adjective: without burrs.

Adjective

burrless (not comparable)

  1. without burrs
    • The Hon. F. R. Moor has presented to the Agricultural Department for distribution 14 lbs. of Medicago obicularis, commonly known as burrless medick grass[…]1901 April 26, “Grass Seeds for Distribution”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 4, page 101
    • Burrless regions appear to be free of burrs at a magnification of 200X in the scanning electron microscope.1995, Julie Marie Stein, Burr Formation in Precision Drilling of Stainless Steel

Origin of burrless

From burr + -less.

Questions about burrless

What does burrless mean?
Burrless means without burrs.
What part of speech is burrless?
Burrless is an adjective.

Words near burrless in the dictionary

  1. burritoing
  2. burritolike
  3. burritos
  4. Burritt
  5. Burritts
  6. burrless
  7. burrlike
  8. burro
  9. burro's tail
  10. burro-weed
  11. burrobrush

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