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Trichome

Trichomes (/ˈtraɪkoʊmz, ˈtrɪkoʊmz/; from Ancient Greek τρίχωμα (tríkhōma) 'hair') are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants, algae, lichens, and certain protists. They are of diverse structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae. A covering of any kind of hair on a plant is an indumentum, and the surface bearing them…

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Algal trichomes

Plant trichomes

Trichome and root hair development

Significance for taxonomy

Significance for plant molecular biology

Uses

Defense

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Trichome

Nodes93
Edges92
Triples107
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021505
Components1

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related to Trichome and root hair development · 20
Trichome → Activation, At, Both, Dittmar, During, Esau, For, GL1, GL3, GLABRA1, GLABRA3, In, It, Once, Root, The, This, TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA1, TTG1, When
related to Phytohormones · 11
Trichome → CK, DELLA, GA, GL1, GLABROUS1, In, JA, Plant, Some, SPINDLY, This
related to Aerial surface hairs · 10
Trichome → Also, Anigozanthos, Arabidopsis, Branched, Multicellular, Plant, The, This, Trichomes, Wait-a-minute
related to Non-glandular trichomes · 9
Trichome → For, In, It, Mediterranean, Non-glandular, These, UV, UV-A, UV-B
related to Defense · 8
Trichome → Brookes, Heliconius, However, Nettle, Plants, Studies, The, Urtica
related to Significance for plant molecular biology · 7
Trichome → Arabidopsis, CRISPR/Cas9, GLABROUS1, In, Knockouts, This, Trichomes
related to Uses · 7
Trichome → Anthidium, Bean, Eastern Europe, European, The, This, Trichomes
related to Algal trichomes · 6
Trichome → Calothrix, Certain, Oscillatoria, Spirulina, The, These
related to Plant trichomes · 6
Trichome → Adaxial, Plant, Presence, Some, These, Unicellular
related to Stinging trichomes · 5
Trichome → In, In Urtica, Stinging, Studies, This

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trichomes hairs plant root plants surface hair many formation epidermal glandular may cells non-glandular development cell species unicellular leaves form

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Trichomeis ahair0.90text
Trichomeis ascale or peltate hair0.90text
the pineappleinstance ofCommon examples are the leaf scales of bromeliads0.80text
Rhododendroninstance ofCommon examples are the leaf scales of bromeliads0.80text
sea buckthorninstance ofCommon examples are the leaf scales of bromeliads0.80text
Cannabis sativa can be identified by microscopic examination of the trichomesinstance ofplants0.80text
CRISPR/Cas9instance ofThis phenotype has already been used in genome editing experiments and might be of interest as visual marker for plant research to improve gene editing methods0.80text
histamineinstance ofspecies that deliver inflammatory chemicals0.80text
Trichomerelated to Aerial surface hairsTrichomes0.60section
Trichomerelated to Aerial surface hairsThe0.60section
Trichomerelated to Aerial surface hairsThis0.60section
Trichomerelated to Aerial surface hairsWait-a-minute0.60section

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