flowerless

[ flou-er-lis ]

/ ˈflaʊ ər lɪs /

having or producing no flowers.

Botany. having no true seeds; cryptogamic.

Origin of flowerless

First recorded in 1490–1500; flower + -less

flow·er·less·ness, noun

Lichen: a kind of flowerless plant that grows on stones, trees, boards, etc.

Agriculture for Beginners |Charles William Burkett
I have brought to the hive, of which thou art queen, a bee I found lost on a flowerless road.

Thais |Anatole France
In a dim, still light we at last slowly descended out of the darker glade into a garden of grey terraces and flowerless walks.

Henry Brocken |Walter J. de la Mare
They resembled both mosses and lycopods, which are flowerless cryptogamic plants of a low organisation.

The World Before the Deluge |Louis Figuier

Next succeed the Acrogens, or flowerless plants that possess both stems and leaves,—such as the ferns and their allies.

The Testimony of the Rocks |Hugh Miller

flowerless

/ (ˈflaʊəlɪs) /

designating any plant that does not produce seeds See cryptogam