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glabrescent

[ gley-bres-uhnt ]

adjective

Botany.
  1. becoming glabrous.


glabrescent

/ ɡɪˈɛəԳ /

adjective

  1. becoming hairless at maturity

    glabrescent stems

  2. nearly hairless
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glabrescent1

1855–60; < Latin ŧԳ- (stem of ŧŧԲ, present participle of ŧ to become smooth), equivalent to glabr-, stem of glaber smooth + -ŧԳ- -escent
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glabrescent1

C19: from Latin glabrescere to become smooth
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The stem is slender or stout, usually glabrous though occasionally glabrescent or pubescent, channelled on one side, branched from base upwards, and leafy.

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The leaf-sheath is glabrous or glabrescent and sometimes hirsute; margin is ciliate.

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