hulless

English

Alternative forms

hull-less

Etymology

hull +‎ -less

Adjective

hulless (not comparable)

(botany, of a cereal) Lacking a hull
hulless oats

hulless barley

Usage notes

GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid a triple consonant.[1] However, the double-el hulless is approximately as common as hull-less.[2]

References

6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
hulless, hullless, hull-less at Google Ngram Viewer

Further reading

“hull-less”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“hull-less”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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