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单词 glabrescent
释义

glabrescent

[ gley-bres-uhnt ]
/ gleɪˈbrɛs ənt /
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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

GLA, glabella, glabellum, Glaber, glabrate, glabrescent, glabrous, glace, Glace Bay, glacial, glacial acetic acid
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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 maturityglabrescent stems
nearly hairless

Word Origin for glabrescent

C19: from Latin glabrescere to become smooth
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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