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glabrescent

American  
[gley-bres-uhnt] / gleɪˈbrɛs ənt /

adjective

Botany.

  1. becoming glabrous.

glabrescent British  
/ ɡleɪˈbrɛsənt /

adjective

  1. becoming hairless at maturity

    glabrescent stems

  2. nearly hairless

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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

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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 Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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