(a.) Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.
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Leafless
Definition:
(a.) Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage.
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(1) And if you do break all the rules for that highly discounted leafless thing that you are sure you can rescue, good luck.
(2) He had close and affectionate relations with the monarchs, as revealed in one poem entitled Lines for January 20th death of his father, George V. The poem reads: "Beyond the river-side; The frozen fields stretch wide; To where the beech-clumps bide; Leafless and still; In snow upon the hill; I think of One who died."
(3) An avenue of eight 25ft tall leafless willows stand above a sinister black pool to make the point that British woods and gardens face a host of new killer pests and diseases such as ash dieback.
(4) In the leafless trees of this region were cold, random and silent flares of light.
(5) The Ukrainian steppe is still frost-burned and the trees leafless at this time of year.
(6) The Fe was less well absorbed (P less than 0.01) from the mature peas (0.251 (SE 0.021)) than from the immature (0.384 (SE 0.032] or leafless peas (0.344 (SE 0.026)).
(7) Iron retention in adult male rats given 3 g dried ground peas, immature and mature (Pisum sativum cv Dark-skin perfection) and leafless (Pisum sativum cv Filby), extrinsically labelled with 0.25 muCi 59Fe, was measured by whole-body counting.
(8) The blackthorn that hunkers into the tufted grassland has been held in readiness, and over the week I have watched the buds swell in their leafless transition from dormancy.
(9) He was speaking at the Chelsea Flower Show, where the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) garden features leafless willows to illustrate the threat faced by the UK's trees .
(10) (May 1937) Lines for January 20th Beyond the river-side The frozen fields stretch wide To where the beech-clumps bide, Leafless and still, In snow upon the hill: I think of One who died.
(11) The availability of Fe from the leafless peas was compared with that of defatted soya-bean flour by the same technique.
(12) The Victoria Country Fire Service said some 850 square miles (2,200 kilometres) were burned out, with entire forests reduced to leafless, charred trunks.
(13) Immature and leafless peas appear to be a better source of available Fe than soya-bean flour, despite similar fibre levels, but with maturity the Fe in peas is rendered less available.