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glabrate

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gla⋅brate

  [gley-breyt, -brit]
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–adjective
1. Zoology. glabrous.
2. Botany. becoming glabrous; somewhat glabrous.
Origin:
1855–60; < L glabrātus (ptp. of glabrāre to make bare, deprive of hair), equiv. to glabr-, s. of glaber without hair, smooth + -ātus -ate 1
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gla·brate   (glā'brāt', -brĭt)   
adj.   Botany
Almost glabrous or becoming glabrous with age or maturity: glabrate stems.

[glabr(ous) + -ate1.]
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glabrate gla·brate (glā'brāt', -brĭt)
adj.
Glabrous.

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