Dictionary entry

Trichome

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.