Trichome

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:55:27

Trich"ome (?), n. [See Trichomatose.] Bot.

A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes.

-- Tri*chom"a*tous (#), a.

 

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