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tri·chome (trī′kōm, trik′ōm)

noun

  1. any hairlike outgrowth from an epidermal cell of a plant, as a bristle, prickle, root hair, etc.
  2. any of the threadlike structures, or filaments, of certain algae

Etymology: Ger trichom < Gr trichōma, growth of hair < trichoun, to cover with hair < thrix (gen. trichos), hair

Related Forms:

  • trichomic tri·chom′ic (-käm′ik, -kō′mik) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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