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unpetalled

unpetalled adjective: without petals. Also the simple past and past participle of unpetal.

Adjective

unpetalled (not comparable)

  1. Without petals.
  2. Stripped of petals.
    • Ravaged and unpetalled, the rose twists its thin stem into the void. Only its thorns remain, hard and almost black, like concretions of sorrow, anger […]1994, Sylvie Germain, The Medusa Child

Also used as

unpetalled is also the simple past and past participle of unpetal.

Origin of unpetalled

From un- + petalled.

Questions about unpetalled

What does unpetalled mean?
Unpetalled means without petals.
What part of speech is unpetalled?
Unpetalled is an adjective.

Words near unpetalled in the dictionary

  1. unpestered
  2. unpestilential
  3. unpetal
  4. unpetaled
  5. unpetaling
  6. unpetalled
  7. unpetalling
  8. unpetals
  9. unpetitioned
  10. unpetrified
  11. unpetrifies

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