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shootless

shootless adjective: without shoots.

Adjective

shootless (not comparable)

  1. Without shoots.
    • a shootless orchid

Origin of shootless

From shoot + -less.

Words formed from shootless

Questions about shootless

What does shootless mean?
Shootless means without shoots.
What part of speech is shootless?
Shootless is an adjective.

Words near shootless in the dictionary

  1. shootings
  2. shootingstar
  3. shootingstars
  4. shootist
  5. shootists
  6. shootless
  7. shootlessness
  8. shootlet
  9. shootlets
  10. shootlike
  11. shootling

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