Definition of "glabrescent" []

• Becoming glabrous, hairless, or smooth; glabrate. (adjective)

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• "The glabrescent Turd Blossom has nothing more to do except write a book...and ignore subpoenas!"
• "The _leaf-sheath_ is glabrous or glabrescent and sometimes hirsute; margin is ciliate."
• "The _leaf-blade_ is flat, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, softly pubescent or glabrescent on both the surfaces, with rounded or subcordate base and margins minutely serrate and ciliate, 2 to 6 inches long 1/6 to 1/2 inch broad; the midrib is distinct though slender with four to six main veins on each side."