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单词 thornless
释义

thornlessadj.

/ˈθɔːnlɪs/
Etymology: < thorn n. + -less suffix.
Having no thorns; free from thorns; without a thorn.
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the world > plants > part of plant > thorn or prickle > [adjective] > thornless
prickless1601
unthorny1646
unarmed1682
inerm1760
thornless1776
unthorned1806
inermous1828
1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) II. 461 [Mespilus germanica] Thornless: leaves spear-shaped, cottony underneath: flowers solitary, sitting.
1803 Visct. Strangford tr. L. V. de Camoens Poems 66 I..Have never yet been one of those Whose love has prov'd a thornless rose!
1825 H. Alford Let. in Life, Jrnls. & Lett. H. Alford (1873) 17 Perennial and thornless flowers bloom only in the Paradise above.
1900 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: A–D 164/2 The Thornless or Mountain Blackberry..is not in cultivation.
1980 M. Spiller Growing Fruit vii. 159 The thornless form of the parsley-leaved blackberry..can be planted a little closer than other varieties.

Derivatives

ˈthornlessness n.
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the world > plants > part of plant > thorn or prickle > [noun] > thorniness or thornlessness
prickliness1725
thornlessness1857
thorniness1869
1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xviii. 345 The thornlessness of the vegetation is especially noticeable.
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