sproutless

adj

sproutless

adj

Etymology From sprout + -less.

1

without sprouts.

This sproutless tree looks like a difficult thing to get, and so it is. But, is anything too difficult when you consider that the tree will probably live and produce for 100 years?1923, Oregon. Board of Horticulture, Biennial Report, page 214:
My favorite was the Japanese Summer Noodles, a sproutless steaming bowl of thin whole wheat noodles in a tamari soy sauce broth with mushrooms, zucchini, celery.1987, Cincinnati Magazine, page 145:

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Is this not too high a price to pay for a sproutless potato or a mosquitoless patio?2002, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 216:

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