a. [f. BLOOM sb.1 + -LESS.] Without bloom or blossom; flowerless.

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1593.  G. Fletcher, Licia (1876), 14. Like bloomelesse buds, too base to make compare.

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1622.  Wither, Prayer Habak. Bloomlesse shall the fig-tree bee.

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1860.  C. Patmore, Faithf. for Ever, 208. Among the bloomless aftermath.

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