glabrescent
[ gley-bres-uh nt ]
/ gleɪˈbrɛs ənt /
adjective Botany.
becoming glabrous.
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
Words nearby glabrescent
Example sentences from the Web for glabrescent
The leaf-sheath is glabrous or glabrescent and sometimes hirsute; margin is ciliate.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses |Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
British Dictionary definitions for glabrescent
glabrescent
/ (ɡleɪˈbrɛsənt) /
adjective botany
becoming hairless at maturity
glabrescent stems
nearly hairless
Word Origin for glabrescent
C19: from Latin
glabrescere to become smooth