Budless

//ˈbʌdləs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Without any buds. not-comparable

    "But now it was afternoon--which, we all know, brings a somewhat more depressing air--and the budless thickets stood so close, so still, Saul became conscious that his load was a corpse."

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"But now it was afternoon--which, we all know, brings a somewhat more depressing air--and the budless thickets stood so close, so still, Saul became conscious that his load was a corpse."

Etymology

From bud + -less.

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