multicellular trichome
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025162
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- narrow: non-glandular multicelluar trichome
- narrow: non-secretory multicellular trichome
- exact: tricoma multicelular (Spanish)
- exact: 多細胞毛(毛茸、糸状体) (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of plant tissue (PO:0009007) that forms a non-sclerified outgrowth from the epidermis (PO:0005679). [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- A multicellular trichome (PO:0000282) has as parts more than one trichome cell (PO:0008030), may vary in size and complexity, be branched and may contain a secretory gland.
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