petalless

1. 1.

   (of flowers) having no petals

   Synonymsapetalous

Questions about petalless

What does petalless mean?

petalless means "(of flowers) having no petals".

How many syllables are in petalless?

petalless has 3 syllables: pe-tal-less. The stress falls on "pe".

What is another word for petalless?

Close synonyms include apetalous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is petalless a common word?

petalless is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.