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Webster 1913 Edition
Trichome
Trich′ome
,Noun.
[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
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, Adj.