Unpearled

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not pearled. not-comparable

    "The unpearled grains contained 20 parts per million of manganese and the pearled grains contained less than 1 part per million, thus showing that practically all of the manganese is contained in the pericarp and germ of the barley grain."

Example

More examples

"The unpearled grains contained 20 parts per million of manganese and the pearled grains contained less than 1 part per million, thus showing that practically all of the manganese is contained in the pericarp and germ of the barley grain."

Etymology

From un- + pearled.

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