trichome
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trichome (plural trichomes)
- (botany) A hair- or scale-like extension of the epidermis of a plant.
- (biology) Hairlike structures found in some microscopic organisms and algae.
- (pathology, cell biology) A row of cells formed by successive cell divisions.