Elise is about a decade younger than me; she is also Nordic, smooth-skinned and built like a ballerina.

My mother, slender, fresh, and bright, pale and smooth-skinned in the firelight.

Melons can be divided into three main families: smooth-skinned melons, including honeydew; melons with netted rinds, such as cantaloupe; and waxy-skinned watermelons.