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Definition of Trichome
1. n. 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.
Definition of Trichome
1. Noun. (botany) A hair- or scale-like extension of the epidermis of a plant. ¹
2. Noun. (biology) Hairlike structures found in some microscopic organisms and algae. ¹
3. Noun. (pathology cell biology) A row of cells formed by successive cell divisions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trichome
1. a hairlike outgrowth [n -S]
Medical Definition of Trichome
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichome
Literary usage of Trichome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in Heredity as Illustrated by the Trichomes of Species and Hybrids by William Austin Cannon (1909)
"The abnormal short secreting trichome has been noticed only in the hybrid Juglans
californica X Juglans nigra plants numbered 1 and 2. ..."
2. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"Transverse section of leaf showing stellate trichome, epidermal, palisade and
... Branching trichome of mullein. 2. Many-celled simple trichome of henbane ..."
3. Bacteriological Methods in Food and Drug Laboratories: With an Introduction by Albert Schneider (1915)
"Transverse section of leaf showing stellate trichome, epidermal, palisade and
... Branching trichome of mullein. 2. Many-celled simple trichome of henbane ..."
4. The Microbiology and Microanalysis of Foods by Albert Schneider (1920)
"Branching trichome of mullein. 2. Many-celled simple trichome of henbane ...
Glandular trichome with two secreting cells. 5. Glandular trichome with one ..."
5. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Detached glandular trichome head preparations and epidermal strips with and
without trichome heads were used to identify glandular trichome heads as the ..."
6. British Fresh-water Algae, Exclusive of Desmidieae and Diatomaceae by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1882)
"No. 133. On the ground amongst moss. Plate XC. fig. 8. trichome of ... 10, trichome
with the greater part of the joints transformed into spores ; fig. ..."