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- adjective Not
flowering ; that does not produce flowers.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Pope's staff is always going to remain barren, like Slothrop's own unflowering cock.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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Like most such things, though, it doesn't translate - "descended from countless generations of dwellers in stinking, unflowering mud" is as close as I can come to it in Spanish. '
Masters Of The Vortex Smith, E. E. 1972
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"Well," said Mr. Lipkind, unflowering his napkin, spreading it across his knees, and exhaling, "this is fine!"
Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928
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Here over the short, as yet unflowering, heather, there was a mile or more of level galloping ground.
The Patrician John Galsworthy 1900
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Here over the short, as yet unflowering, heather, there was a mile or more of level galloping ground.
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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Without a generous seedtime, there will be an unflowering summer and an unproductive harvest.
Character Samuel Smiles 1858
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