glabrescent
Americanadjective
adjective
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becoming hairless at maturity
glabrescent stems
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nearly hairless
Etymology
Origin of glabrescent
1855–60; < Latin glabrēscent- (stem of glabrēscēns, present participle of glabrēscere to become smooth), equivalent to glabr-, stem of glaber smooth + -ēscent- -escent
Example Sentences
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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.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The leaf-sheath is glabrous or glabrescent and sometimes hirsute; margin is ciliate.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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