Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having few hairs; almost smooth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, smooth; bald; glabrous; having no hair or other appendages.—
- In botany, becoming glabrous from age; somewhat glabrous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Becoming smooth or glabrous from age.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Becoming
smooth (as if with age) - adjective botany Somewhat
glabrous
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[glabr(ous) + –ate.]
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