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Meaning of GLABROUS

Pronunciation:  'gleybrus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (biology) having no hair or similar growth; smooth; "glabrous stems"; "glabrous leaves"; "a glabrous scalp"
 
 Synonyms: hairless
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gla"brous\, a. [L. glaber; cf. Gr. ? hollow, smooth, ?
to hollow.]
Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Without hairs.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: acomous, bald, bald-headed, beardless, clean-shaven, depilous, downy, even, flat, glabrate, glabrescent, hairless, leiotrichous, level, plane, regular, shaven, smooth, smooth-faced, smooth-shaven, smooth-textured, suave, tonsured, unbroken, uniform, unrough, unroughened, unruffled
 

 

 

 

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