English Dictionary: Trichome | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Trichome \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. |