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nonflowering

nonflowering

5.8
A plant that does not make flowers or seeds
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈflaʊərɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sin flores
  • Moss is an example of a nonflowering plant that reproduces using spores instead of seeds.
  • nonflowering plants

Examples

  • Ferns are a common type of nonflowering plant found in forests.

  • Mosses and algae are classified as nonflowering plants in biology.

  • The garden has both flowering and nonflowering species for variety.

  • The nonflowering plants are often easier to care for.

  • Some nonflowering species thrive in shady areas.

  • Many ferns are considered nonflowering because they do not produce flowers or seeds.

  • The nonflowering plants in this garden thrive in shady areas where flowering species struggle.

Synonyms

flowerless
vsnonflowering
4.5

A plant that does not make blooms or seeds

has identical meaning and is used in the same plant situations
blossomless
vsnonflowering
4.9

Not having flowers and showing no sign of new growth or promise

is limited to plants not producing flowers or seeds rather than figurative meaning

Antonyms

flowering
2.5

Having open blossoms on the plant

Compounds

nonflowering plant
  • Specialized
4.6

A plant that has tubes that carry water and food and makes spores instead of flowers or seeds

How Blooming

in bloom
13 2.3
flowering
2.5
nonflowering
  • Specialized
5.8

Surface Forms

nonflowering positive

Morphology

nonflowering = flowering (transparent) = non + flower + ing

Formed by the negative prefix 'non-' attached to 'flowering', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not flowering'.

Etymology

Nonflowering is made from the prefix non- meaning 'not' and flowering from flower, the plant part that makes seeds. So a nonflowering plant is one that does not make flowers or seeds.