soilless
adjEtymology From soil + -less.
1
Lacking home soil; dispossessed
- If they live in squalor, in filth, in crime, with hope and joy gone, a homeless, soilless army of human prey.1910, Emma Goldman, “Anarchism: What It Really Stands For”, in Anarchism and Other Essays, published 2005, →ISBN, page 37:
2
Not using or containing soil
- One popular recipe for a homemade version is two parts soilless mix like Pro-Mix and one part each vermiculite and perlite.2007 October 4, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- soillessness