especially: an epidermal hair structure on a plant
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebHemp’s sativa is taller; the shorter indica has resiny trichomes accounting for its psychoactive power. Adam Popescu, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2018 As for water, tillandsias take it in through scales on their leaves — trichomes, actually. Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2018 Hemp’s sativa is taller; the shorter indica has resiny trichomes accounting for its psychoactive power. Adam Popescu, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2018 As for water, tillandsias take it in through scales on their leaves — trichomes, actually. Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2018 The trichome-forming bacteria are similar to another bacterium called Thioploca.Scientific American Blog Network, 21 Apr. 2017 These trichomes had a diameter of three to six micrometers -- somewhat large for bacteria.Scientific American Blog Network, 21 Apr. 2017 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. Lisa M. Krieger, The Cannifornian, 21 Mar. 2017 It, too, forms a bundle of trichomes surrounded by a mucus sheath.Scientific American Blog Network, 21 Apr. 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
German Trichom, from Greek trichōma growth of hair, from trichoun to cover with hair, from trich-, thrix hair
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
trichome
noun
tri·chome ˈtrik-ˌōm ˈtrī-ˌkōm
: a strand or chain of cells (as in a filamentous colony of bacteria or algae)