unpetalled

English

Etymology 1

un- + petalled

Adjective

unpetalled (not comparable)

  1. Without petals.
  2. Stripped of petals.
    • 1994, Sylvie Germain, The Medusa Child:
      Ravaged and unpetalled, the rose twists its thin stem into the void. Only its thorns remain, hard and almost black, like concretions of sorrow, anger []

Verb

unpetalled

  1. simple past and past participle of unpetal

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