glabrate

[ gley-breyt, -brit ]

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adjective

Zoology. glabrous.
Botany. becoming glabrous; somewhat glabrous.

Origin of glabrate

1855–60; <Latin glabrātus (past participle of glabrāre to make bare, deprive of hair), equivalent to glabr-, stem of glaber without hair, smooth + -ātus-ate¹

Words Nearby glabrate

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glabella
glabellum
Glaber
glabrate
glabrescent
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glace
Glace Bay
glacial

How to use glabrate in a sentence

The common form usually is referred to variety vitellina (Linnus) Koch, with orange twigs and more glabrate leaves.
Trees of Indiana | Charles Clemon Deam

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