adjective
- having no stalk or stem; attached directly without a supporting stem
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The stalkless leaves grow directly from the main branch.
- These stalkless flowers are attached right to the stem.
- The botanist noted that the plant had stalkless fruit.
- Stalkless mushrooms emerge directly from the tree bark.
- The stalkless buds appeared along the woody stem.
- Many aquatic plants have stalkless leaves that float on water.