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🦦 Without claws 🌸 No narrow base
clawless

clawless

5.5
Having petals or sepals that widen at the base without a narrow stalk
  • adjective
  • /ˈklɔːləs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sin base
  • Unlike many lilies, this variety has clawless sepals that broaden at the base.

Examples

  • The diagram showed both clawed and clawless forms of the plant's petals.

  • The botanist noted the clawless petals on the new species of flower.

  • This flower has clawless petals.

  • The clawless variety of the plant is quite rare.

  • The botanist noted the clawless petals on the new species of flower.

  • Unlike many lilies, this variety has clawless sepals that broaden at the base.

  • The diagram showed both clawed and clawless forms of the plant's petals.

Synonyms

stalkless
vsclawless
  • Specialized
7.3

Attached directly at the base without a small stem

is specific to petals and sepals rather than all plant parts
basifixed
vsclawless
  • Specialized
9.9

Having the flower part that makes pollen attached at the base to a thin stalk

describes base attachment involving a stalk rather than widening directly

Antonyms

clawed
3.3

Having sharp, curved nails like a cat or bird that grab and scratch

Surface Forms

clawless positive

Morphology

clawless = claw (semi-transparent) = claw + less

Form is analyzable as 'claw' + '-less', but the relevant meaning of 'claw' is a specialized botanical term not known to general learners.

Etymology

Clawless combines claw and -less; in plants a claw is a 'narrow stalk' at the base of a petal, so clawless describes a petal or sepal that is 'without' that stalk and widens right at the base.