trichome

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

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