What is a trichome??

Answer 1

Trichomes, from the Greek meaning "growth of hair", are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants and protists. These are of diverse structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae
Trichomes on plants are epidermal outgrowths of various kinds. The terms emergences or prickles refer to outgrowths that involve more than the
epidermis. This distinction is not always easily applied (see Wait-a-bit climber). Also, there are nontrichomatous epidermal cells that protrude from the surface.

A common type of trichome is a hair. Plant hairs may be unicellular or multicellular, branched or unbranched. Multicellular hairs may have one or several layers of cells. Branched hairs can be dendritic (tree-like), tufted, or stellate (star-shaped).,

A common type of trichome is the scale or peltate hair: a plate or shield-shaped cluster of cells attached directly to the surface or borne on a stalk of some kind.

Any of the various types of hairs may be glandular. The cannabis plant produces most of its oils in trichomes, which are separated from the surface of the plant matter to make hashish.

In describing the surface appearance of plant organs, such as stems and leaves, many terms are used in reference to the presence, form, and appearance of trichomes. The most basic terms used are glabrous—lacking hairs— and pubescent—having hairs
Root hairs, the rhizoids of many vascular plants, are tubular outgrowths of trichoblasts, the hair-forming cells on the epidermis of a plant root. That is, root hairs are lateral extensions of a single cell and only rarely branched. Just prior to the root hair development, there is a point of elevated phosphorylase activity.

Root hairs vary between 5 and 17 micrometres in diameter, and 80 to 1,500 micrometres in length (Dittmar, cited in Esau, 1965).

Root hairs can survive for 2 to 3 weeks and then die off. At the same time new root hairs are continually being formed at the top of the root. This way, the root hair coverage stays the same
The ability of the root epidermis to absorb water from the surrounding soil is the same with or without root hairs, but the root hairs enlarge and extend the water absorbing surface.

Answer 2

Holy ****, the people that answered before me have NO idea what they are talking about. The things they said are absolutely incredible. Why would you try to answer this question if you don't know anything about marijuana? Just a few notes before I answer: Trichomes do not store THC. Trichome is just a term used to describe the THC sacs that form on the cannabis flower. Trichomes=THC sacs. There are no other cannabinoids in trichomes. The other cannabinoids are in the flower itself. Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid(THCA) is the precursor to Tetrahydrocannabinol(THC). It exists inside the flower and forms into THC on the outside of the flower late in the cannabis life cycle. To be honest producing a cannabis plant with a high THC percentage is redundant. The current highest is around 30% THC, but you can get hash up to 95% pure THC. And once your plant produces more than 30% THC, the buds will be too wet to smoke. I've actually experienced this, a too high THC content makes it impossible to smoke from a joint or blunt But to answer your question, THC is produced on the marijuana flower for the same reason apple trees make their fruit: to spread their seed. Where does THC form? The flowers. When does THC form? When the flowers are maturing and producing seeds. See the correlation? Cannabis plants make their THC so an animal walking through the forest will eat its flowers, and then spread them somewhere else. Have you ever seen an animal eat marijuana? They absolutely love it.

Answer 3

Trichome essentially means hair. Trichome is an extension of the epidermis in plants, much like hair in humans.They can be both uni and multicellular. There are numerous trichomes:- simple, glandular, bulbous, sessile, peltate etc. Though mainly invisible to the naked eye, some are quite prominent. Generally more trichomes occur on the ventricular surface. Most of them bear glands, sometimes containing important secondary metabolites and also essential oils. eg. stinging hairs of Urtica, Silky trichomes of Datura, glands of Vasaka, capitate trichomes of cannabis, thick trichomes of Borage etc.

Answer 4

Trichome Definition

Answer 5

There may be many meaning of this word, when I first glanced at it I wanted to say Tricromate of any suitable element.

Ferric or cupric or aluminium.

Others have given you a good answers, but you may want to look it up yourself, in many instances a whole sentence helps, so the reader can see what else is involved.

Have fun, researching further.

Answer 6

Trichomes, from the Greek meaning "growth of hair", are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants and protists. These are of diverse structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae

Answer 7

Trichomes, from the Greek meaning "growth of hair", are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants and protists. These are of diverse structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae.

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Answer 8

A hairlike or bristlelike outgrowth, as from the epidermis of a plant. They can be simple, composite, glandular, etc

Answer 9

Trichomes are those little hairs that you can see on many plants, some can secrete substances to repel insects or other herbivores

Answer 10

Trichomes are filamentous structures which are short length fragments formed by nostoc surrounded by mucilagenous sheath.