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Definition of Stalkless
1. Adjective. Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk. "The shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
Definition of Stalkless
1. a. Having no stalk.
Definition of Stalkless
1. Adjective. Having no stalk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stalkless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stalkless
Literary usage of Stalkless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... the two outer ones beinir undivided and stalkless, while the central one is
composed of three distinct leaflets, with a long winged stalk, ..."
2. Hardy Flowers: Descriptions of Upwards of Thirteen Hundred of the Most by William Robinson (1878)
"Leaves, almost stalkless; lower ones the smallest, obovate; upper ones ovate,
... Leaves, of root heart- shaped, on long stalks ; those of stem stalkless; ..."
3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"... is characterised by having stalkless or nearly stalkless leaves, while the
acorns are borne on more or less elongated stalks. ..."
4. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants: Containing Descriptions of the Hardiest by John Weathers (1901)
"A native of SW Europe, 2 5 ft. high, with stalkless, oblong elliptic, ...
Flowers in June and July, about 2J in. across, almost stalkless, reddish-purple. ..."
5. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Leaves oval, toothed and stalked ; upper ones lance-shaped, stalkless, or nearly so.
Flowers drooping, reddish violet, cream coloured, or white ; clustered ..."
6. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous & Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"The leaves are stalkless, narrow, lance-shaped on the under part of the stem ;
those approaching the flowers and amongst them divided deeply into several ..."
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