unicellular trichome
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025537
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- narrow: non-glandular unicellular trichome
- narrow: non-secretory unicellular trichome
- narrow: simple trichome
- exact: tricoma unicelular (Spanish)
- exact: 単細胞トリコーム(毛茸、糸状体) (Japanese)
- Definition
- A trichome (PO:0000282) that is a single plant cell (PO:0009002). [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- This should not be confused with a trichome cell (PO:0008030), which is a plant cell (PO:0009002) that is part of a multicellular trichome (PO:0000282). For parts of the unicellular trichome (such as branch, tip, apex), please see the GO cellular component terms; unicellular trichome apex (GO:0090552), unicellular trichome tip (GO:0090553), and unicellular trichome branch (GO:0090405).
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