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flowerlessness

flowerlessness noun: the absence of flowers.

Noun

flowerlessness (uncountable)

  1. The absence of flowers.
    • And, to this bare and innutritious place have I, after years of flowerlessness, removed my great old bush of Chimonanthus fragrans from the Terrace Wall.1909, Reginald Farrer, In a Yorkshire Garden

Origin of flowerlessness

From flowerless + -ness.

Questions about flowerlessness

What does flowerlessness mean?
Flowerlessness means the absence of flowers.
What part of speech is flowerlessness?
Flowerlessness is a noun.

Words near flowerlessness in the dictionary

  1. flowering tea
  2. flowering teas
  3. flowerings
  4. flowerkind
  5. flowerless
  6. flowerlessness
  7. flowerlet
  8. flowerlets
  9. flowerlike
  10. flowerling
  11. flowerlings

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