trichomic

Variant of trichome

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

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

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