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glabrescent
[ gley-bres-uhnt ]
adjective
Botany.
- becoming glabrous.
glabrescent
/ ɡɪˈɛəԳ /
adjective
- becoming hairless at maturity
glabrescent stems
- 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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- shaved
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