sapless

Definitions of sapless
  1. adjective
    destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry
    “"the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks"- Norman Mailer”
    synonyms:
    juiceless
    lacking juice
  2. adjective
    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
    “her body looked sapless”
    synonyms: debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, weak, weakly
    frail
    physically weak
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