glabrous
/ˈɡleɪbrəs
/adjective technical
(Chiefly of the skin or a leaf) free from hair or down; smooth.The regions of glabrous skin that have these epidermal ridges are especially richly supplied with cutaneous sensory nerves....
- The essential oil from glabrous leaves consists mostly of a blend of several sesquiterpenes, of which germacrene-D and beta-caryophyllene are the major components.
- Fruits of this species are glabrous achenes, with sepals modified into plumose bristles and are frequently wind-dispersed.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin glaber, glabr- 'hairless, smooth' + -ous.
- proenkephalin
- proenzyme
- proepimeron
- proepisternum
- proerythroblast
- proestrous
- proestrum
- pro-estrus
- pro et con
- pro et contra
- pro-ethnic
- proette
- pro-European
- prof
- Prof.
- pro-family
- profanable
- take a dive
- take advantage of
- take advantage of (or take advice etc.)
- take a fancy to
- take a flyer
- take after
- take against
- take a hammering