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Plant Structures > Plant Components, Aerial > Plant Epidermis > Trichomes
Cells > Cellular Structures > Trichomes

Preferred term

Trichomes  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Indumentum
  • Indumentums

Scope note

  • Hair-like extensions on specialized epidermal surfaces of plants which protect against damage from insects, animals, light degradation and fungal infection. Trichomes may also occur on certain unicellular EUKARYOTES.

History note

  • 2014

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D064201

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