unpetalled en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From un- + petalled.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Without petals.
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(not-comparable) Stripped of petals.
Ravaged and unpetalled, the rose twists its thin stem into the void. Only its thorns remain, hard and almost black, like concretions of sorrow, anger […]
1994, Sylvie Germain, The Medusa Child: