trichome
15 points
English
8 letters
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Definitions
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.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.