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glabra

glabrous (hairless)

adjective GLAH-brah Rare

Origin: From Latin glaber (smooth, bald, hairless).

Also means

smooth-leaved

Usage Note

Glabra is the feminine form of glabro, a technical term in botany and anatomy meaning hairless or smooth — hoja glabra (glabrous leaf), piel glabra (hairless skin). It frequently appears in Latin plant species names like Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice). In everyday speech sin pelo or liso is used instead.

Examples

"La hoja glabra no tiene ningún vello."

Natural Translation

The glabrous leaf has no hair at all.

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