glabrous
pronunciation
How to pronounce glabrous in British English:
UK ['gleɪbrəs]
How to pronounce glabrous in American English:
US ['gleɪbrəs]
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- Adjective:
- having no hair or similar growth; smooth
Word Origin
- glabrous (adj.)
- 1630s, from Latin glaber "hairless, smooth, bald" (see glad).
Example
- 1. Lemma surfaces and intermediate veins glabrous or sparsely pubescent .
- 2. Tissue subjects are absorbed and dissembled , and normal tissue around them has never got hurt , which makes the skin glabrous and fine .
- 3. Leaf blade abaxially glabrous or sparsely stellate pubescent .
- 4. Leaves glabrous or only veins sparsely pubescent .
- 5. Style glabrous or sparsely pilose .