trichome
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000282
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: seta
- related: setae
- narrow: capilli
- narrow: capillus
- narrow: cilia
- narrow: cilium
- narrow: glochid
- narrow: glochidia
- narrow: glochidium
- narrow: hair
- narrow: lepides
- narrow: lepis
- narrow: non-secretory trichome
- narrow: scale
- narrow: squama
- narrow: squamae
- narrow: squamella
- narrow: squamellae
- narrow: squamule
- exact: tricoma (Spanish)
- exact: 毛茸、糸状体、毛 (Japanese)
- alt_id: PO:0004510
- broad: barb trichome
- broad: bristle
- Definition
- A unicellular or multicellular plant structure (PO:0009011) that forms a non-sclerified outgrowth from the epidermis (PO:0005679). [source: PMID:19939948, POC:curators]
- Comment
- This class is the union of unicellular trichome (PO:0025537) and multicellular trichome (PO:0025162). A trichome can vary in length and shape and may be branched or unbranched. It may be glandular or non-secretory.
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