1. Becoming smooth or hairless; nearly or almost glabrous.
Usage: botanical and biological term; describes surfaces or organisms that are smooth or have lost hair-like structures

Examples

• The leaf surface becomes glabrate as the plant matures.
• Botanists noted the glabrate stems of the specimen.
• The insect's glabrate exoskeleton reflected light.
• Young seedlings have hairy leaves, but older plants develop glabrate foliage.
• Under magnification, the glabrate surface showed minimal texture.