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rayless

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ray·less  (rls)
adj.
1. Lacking rays: a rayless flower.
2. Lacking light: "Hid by a rayless night" (Percy Bysshe Shelley).
rayless [ˈreɪlɪs]
adj
1. dark; gloomy
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) lacking rays a rayless flower
raylessly  adv
raylessness  n
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Adj.1.rayless - having no parts resembling rays; not having ray flowers


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Day after day through a cold streak of heavens as bare and poor as the inside of a rifled safe a rayless and despoiled sun would slink shamefacedly, without pomp or show, to hide in haste under the waters.
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