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weedless

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwiːdləs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English weedless From weed + -less.

  1. Lacking weeds.

    Soon oranges were seedless, The putting green was weedless, The college boy hatless, The proper diet, fatless, […]

    I remember the fresh weedless lawns between the school buildings […]

  2. Having blades that curve backwards, as respects the direction of rotation, so that they draw through the water without accumulating weeds.