Definition of Ribless

1. Adjective. Having no ribs or no visible ribs.

Antonyms: Ribbed

Definition of Ribless

1. a. Having no ribs.

Definition of Ribless

1. Adjective. Lacking ribs ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ribless

1. having no ribs [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribless

ribeye steaks
ribeyes
ribibes
ribible
ribibles
ribier
ribiers
ribin
ribins
ribitol
ribityl
ribityls
ribless (current term)
riblet
riblets
riblike
ribo-
ribo-2-hexulose
riboadenine
riboflavin
riboflavin-5-sodium phosphate
riboflavin 5'-phosphate
riboflavin deficiency
riboflavin kinase
riboflavin permease
riboflavin synthase
riboflavin unit

Literary usage of Ribless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"each other supported on the summit of a slender axis (the carpophore), each with 5 primary ribs in their pericarps (rarely ribless), and in some genera with ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United by Samuel Blatchford (1888)
"A vigorous attempt was made to show that a ribless die and the finishing die for forming the nail groove, which is always a ribbed die, ..."

3. Synopsis of British Seaweeds by William Henry Harvey (1857)
"Frond ribless, irregularly cleft, somewhat fan-shaped. ... Frond ribless, linear, dichotomous. Sori roundish, scattered, bursting through the epidermis : or ..."

4. The Microscopist: A Manual of Microscopy, and Compendium of the Microscopic by Joseph Henry Wythe (1880)
"Frond ribless, lobed, concentrically striate. Sori roundish, with spores and ... Frond ribless, dichotomous. Sori roundish, scattered, bursting through ..."

5. The Microscopist: A Manual of Microscopy, and Compendium of the Microscopic by Joseph Henry Wythe (1880)
"Frond ribless, lobed, concentrically striate. Sori roundish, with spores and ... Frond ribless, dichotomous. Sori roundish, scattered, bursting through ..."

6. The Microscopist: A Compendium of Microscopic Science Including the Use of by Joseph Henry Wythe (1883)
"Frond ribless, lobed, concentrically striate. Sori roundish, with spores and ... Frond ribless, dichotomous. Sori roundish, scattered, bursting through ..."

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