glabrous

Without any hair

Glabrous means smooth and hairless.

The term appears mainly in scientific contexts—botany and zoology—describing surfaces that lack hair, down, or fuzz: glabrous leaves, glabrous skin.

A glabrous plant stem is one without the fine hairs found on related species.

anatomical

hairless

Having no fur

  • smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
  • baldWithout hair on head
  • bareLacking any covering

skin · scalp · depilated · epilated · shaven · waxed · plucked · alopecia · follicle · epidermis

botanical

hairless

Having no fur

villous · ciliate · trichomes · hoary · stellate · arachnoid · scabrous · leaf · stem · epidermis

texture

smooth

Without roughness or difficulty

silky · satiny · slick · lustrous · buffed · gleaming · shiny · velvety · glassy · slippery

Opposites
surface covering/hair presence

glabroushairy

Having much fur

hirsute · furry · bristly · haired · pubescent

Family

glabella

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