glabrescent

Becoming glabrous or hairless, typically describing a plant part that loses its hairs as it matures.

• 🇪🇸Que se vuelve glabro o sin pelo, generalmente se dice de una parte de una planta que pierde sus pelos o vellosidades a medida que madura.

1. Becoming hairless C2 formal scientific

   Tending to become hairless or lacking hair; losing hair or a similar growth over time.

   • The stem of this plant is glabrescent, losing its fine hairs as it matures.
   • Botanists noted the glabrescent leaves of the specimen.
   • The glabrescent surface of the fruit distinguishes it from related species.

   🇪🇸glabrescente

   Antónimos: hirsutepilosepubescent