sproutless

English

Etymology

sprout +‎ -less

Adjective

sproutless (not comparable)

1. without sprouts.
   • 1923, Oregon. Board of Horticulture, Biennial Report, page 214:

     This sproutless tree looks like a difficult thing to get, and so it is. But, is anything too difficult when you consider that the tree will probably live and produce for 100 years?

   • 1987, Cincinnati Magazine, page 145:

     My favorite was the Japanese Summer Noodles, a sproutless steaming bowl of thin whole wheat noodles in a tamari soy sauce broth with mushrooms, zucchini, celery.

   • 2002, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 216:

     Is this not too high a price to pay for a sproutless potato or a mosquitoless patio?