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runnerless, a.|ˈrʌnəlɪs|
[f. runner 12 + -less.]
Of a strawberry plant, esp. an alpine one: not producing runners.
1956Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) Suppl. 118/2 Baron Solemacher. (Alpine.) This is runnerless and makes large plants. 1957E. Hyams Speaking Garden ix. 114 The most useful of these [mutants]..was a runnerless strawberry. 1981Country Life 25 June 1846/2 The new French Bordurella perpetual [strawberry], virtually runnerless, and therefore a suitable plant for flower borders. |