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Steril

STERIL

, STERILE,
Adj.
[L.]
1.
Barren; unfruitful; not fertile; producing little or no crop; as sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.
2.
Barren; producing no young.
3.
Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment, as a sterile production or author.
Sterile flower, in botany, is a term given by Tournefort to the male flower, or that which bears only stamens.

Definition 2024


steril

steril

German

Adjective

steril

  1. sterile (germless)

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