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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

 
glabrous (Eng.adj.), smooth, q.v., especially not hairy or pubescent, lacking hairs, scales or other indument, e.g. that may be normally present in the genus or species; (in bryophytes) smooth; not papillose, rough or hairy: glabellus,-a,-um (adj.A); glaber, glabra, glabrum (adj.A); (declined like pulcher, q.v.); cf. calvus,-a,-um (adj.A), ‘bald, hairless’ as with age; tonsus,-a,-um (part.A), q.v.,‘shaven’ may refer to a glabrous organ (not puberulent); see naked, unarmed;

- herba omnino glabra, herb entirely glabrous.

- tubo extus glabro, with the tube externally glabrous.

- herba monophylla folio glabro, herb one-leaved with the leaf glabrous.

- ramuli glabri tenues foliis glabris, branchlets glabrous thin with leaves glabrous (Stearn).

- caulis glaber, stem glabrous

- folia atque semina glabra, laevia, leaves and also seeds glabrous, smooth.

- perianthio pistillato glabro, with the pistillate perianth glabrous.

- calycibus glabris (non confertim hirsutis), with calyces glabrous (not densely hirsute).

- stipulis lanceolatis, ubi juvenibus tomentosis, ubi adultis glabris, with stipules lanceolate, when young, tomentose, when adult glabrous.

- membrana aperturae glabra vel granulata, membrane aperture smooth or granulate.

- bacca, glabra, didyma, 2-sperma (Necker), the berry glabrous, paired, 2-seeded.

- foliis pinnati-sectis subtus velutinis, superne glabris (DeCandolle), with the leaves pinnatisect, below velvety, above glabrous [i.e. hairless].

- segmentis glaberrimis ovatis acuminatis triplinerviis (DeCandolle), with the segments very glabrous, ovate, acuminate, triple-nerved.

- foliis carnosis lanceolatis enerviis, subtus glabris, supra pubescentibus, (DeCandolle), with the leaves fleshy, lanceolate, lacking nerves, glabrous underneath, pubescent above.
glabrous-:

in L. comp., glabri-;

- glabrangulatus, with glabrous angles; glabrantherus, with glabrous anthers; glabranthus, with glabrous flowers.

- glabricostatus, with glabrous midrib; glabriflorus, with glabrous flowers; glabripetalus, with glabrous petals; glabrisemineus, with glabrous seeds; glabrispiculus, with glabrous spikelets; glabritunicatus, smooth-walled. in Gk. comp., psilo-;

- psilandrus, with glabrous stamens; psilantherus, with glabrous anthers, psilanthus, with glabrous flowers; psilobotrys, with glabrous racemes; psilipetalus, with glabrous petals; psilophyllus, with glabrous leaves; psilospermus, with glabrous seeds; psilosporus, with glabrous spores.
Glabrous state, “glabrousness:” glabritia,-ae (s.f.I), q.v., abl. sg. glabritia, glabrities,-etis (s.f.V), abl.sg. glabritie.

 

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