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What is a trichome?

What is a trichome? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (botany) A hair- or scale-like extension of the epidermis of a plant.
  2. (biology) Hairlike structures found in some microscopic organisms and algae.
  3. (pathology, cell biology) A row of cells formed by successive cell divisions.
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It also restored stem anomalies like reduced trichome turgidity and density, deformation in collenchymatous and sclerenchymatous cells induced by As stress.
Plastid morphogenesis in trichome hair cells from the stem and petiole of tomato plants.
Trichome lot of great volume, very compact and hard buds.
A filament is formed of a trichome that may be encased by a sheath.
They work for a Colorado-based outfit called the Trichome Institute, named for the tiny crystal-like hairs that cover marijuana buds and leaves.
The botanical literature contains more than 300 descriptions of trichome types in order to characterize their great variation.

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