Leaveless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without leaves; leafless not-comparable

    "c. 1671, Thomas Carew, verses prefatory to Sandy's Psalms Then I no more shall court the verdant bay, But the dry leaveless trunk on Golgotha."

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"c. 1671, Thomas Carew, verses prefatory to Sandy's Psalms Then I no more shall court the verdant bay, But the dry leaveless trunk on Golgotha."

Etymology

From Middle English leveles, equivalent to leaf + -less.

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