Definitions for glabrous

glabrous gla·brous

Spelling: [gley-bruh s]
IPA: /ˈgleɪ brəs/

Glabrous is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 326 anagrams from letters in glabrous (abglorsu).

Definitions for glabrous

adjective

  1. having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.

Origin of glabrous

1630-40; Latin glabr- (stem of glaber) smooth, hairless + -ous

Examples for glabrous

Pileus fleshy, convex, glabrous, grayish-red or chestnut-color.

The second glume is ovate-lanceolate, membranous, glabrous and 3-nerved.

All the Poas otherwise like it are glabrous, and without the ridges.

Leaves broad, flat and glabrous, but rough at the edges, with descending teeth.

The leaves are lanceolate, glabrous, and a glossy-green with red veins.

The sheath may also be glabrous or hairy, and grooved or not.

The leaf-sheath is loose, glabrous, striate, margins not ciliate.

The ligule is a distinct membrane and the nodes are glabrous.

The leaf-sheath is glabrous or nearly so, with hairs at the mouth.

Festuca elatior is easily confused with the glabrous Bromes.

Word Value for glabrous
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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