What does glabrous mean?
Glabrous means Bald, hairless; smooth..
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/ˈɡleɪbɹəs/ · adjective
Bald, hairless; smooth..
[T]he Vernacula or French Elm, whoſe leaves are thicker, and more florid, glabrous and ſmooth, delighting in the lower and moiſter grounds, where they will ſometimes riſe to above an hundred foot in height; […]
[Crotalaria obtecta] Stems tall, erect, branched: stipules not decurrent: leaves simple, usually glabrous on the upper side: […] legumes oblong, many-seeded, glabrous or softly pubescent.
'I am bound by precedent,' said the First Lord, turning a vast glabrous expressionless face from Harte to Sir Joseph.
Adriaan rose, pulling out his limbering glabrous cock, his eyes happy.
The glabrous old head cranks round on him, stiff and slow, until the clouded eyes draw level with his own.
Use glabrous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Glabrous means Bald, hairless; smooth..
Common synonyms include calvous, hairless.
Possible antonyms include hirsute, nonglabrous, hairy.
[T]he Vernacula or French Elm, whoſe leaves are thicker, and more florid, glabrous and ſmooth, delighting in the lower and moiſter grounds, where they will ſometimes riſe to above an hundred foot in height; […]
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