Trichome \Trich"ome\, n. [See {Trichomatose}.] (Bot.)
A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of
a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia
of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes. --
{Tri*chom"a*tous}, a.
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