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trichome

/ˈtɹaɪkoʊm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
tri-chome
IPA
/ˈtɹaɪkoʊm/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hair- or scale-like extension of the epidermis of a plant.

noun

Hairlike structures found in some microscopic organisms and algae.

noun

A row of cells formed by successive cell divisions.

Etymology

From French trichome, from New Latin trichoma, from Ancient Greek τρίχωμα (tríkhōma), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) or independently from tricho- + -ome. Doublet of trichoma.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

trichomes (plural)

Derived Forms

microtrichome pseudotrichome trichomeless

Frequently Paired Words

trichology trichomic trichomics seta trichoma trichomatous

Questions

How do you pronounce trichome?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹaɪkoʊm/.
What does trichome mean?
A hair- or scale-like extension of the epidermis of a plant.
Where does trichome come from?
It is traced to French.

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