Definition of trichome
: a filamentous outgrowth;
especially
: an epidermal hair structure on a plant
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Hemp’s sativa is taller; the shorter indica has resiny trichomes accounting for its psychoactive power.
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As for water, tillandsias take it in through scales on their leaves — trichomes, actually.
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The trichome-forming bacteria are similar to another bacterium called Thioploca.
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These trichomes had a diameter of three to six micrometers -- somewhat large for bacteria.
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Mass production can knock off the sticky little tiny crystal-like hairs called trichomes that cover cannabis flowers, oozing with aromatic oils called terpenes as well as valuable cannabinoids like THC and CBD.
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It, too, forms a bundle of trichomes surrounded by a mucus sheath.
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Origin and Etymology of trichome
German Trichom, from Greek trichōma growth of hair, from trichoun to cover with hair, from trich-, thrix hair
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of trichome
: a strand or chain of cells (as in a filamentous colony of bacteria or algae)
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