| Terminology . | Definition (compiled from previously published literature) . |
|---|---|
| Attenuate | Long and gradually tapering |
| Base | Lowermost part of the trichome |
| Basilatus | Emerging from a broad base |
| Bifurcated | Divided into two branches |
| Brevicolate | Short-necked |
| Compound | Having multiple rays |
| Cruciate | Shaped as a cross with four equal arms |
| Doliform | Barrel-shaped |
| Falcate | Sickle-shaped |
| Glandular | Has secretory/excretory function |
| Hooked | Bent/incurved apex-shaped |
| Head | Has an enlarged terminal portion |
| Jointed | Presence of apparent articulation |
| Mamilla | Nipple-shaped projection |
| Multiradiate | Multi-rayed |
| Multitangulate | Rays at many angles |
| Muticous | No pointed tip/ blunt tip |
| Neck | Middle cell of a uniseriate glandular hair |
| Non-glandular | Without secretory/excretory function |
| Osteolate | Thighbone-shaped with many cells having swollen ends |
| Ovoid | Egg-shaped with attachment at larger end |
| Pedestal | Raised base to which hairs are attached |
| Porrect-geminate | Similar to porrect-stellate but consisting of two whorls of rays one over the other |
| Porrect-stellate | Resemblance with porrect rays of cacti with multiple horizontal rays and a central ray |
| Pulvinate | Swollen base |
| Pustulated | Blistered surface |
| Quadricellular | Four cells |
| Sessile | Without stalks (for glands) |
| Setiform | Bristle-shaped |
| Simple | Unbranched |
| Smooth | Without any surface irregularities |
| Stalk | Supporting part of a hair |
| Stellate | Star-shaped |
| Subsidiary cells | Neighbouring base cells |
| Subulate | Awl-shaped |
| Tufted/penicillate | Branched from a base |
| Uniseriate | Single rows/columns of cells |
| Verrucate | Warty-shaped |
| Terminology . | Definition (compiled from previously published literature) . |
|---|---|
| Attenuate | Long and gradually tapering |
| Base | Lowermost part of the trichome |
| Basilatus | Emerging from a broad base |
| Bifurcated | Divided into two branches |
| Brevicolate | Short-necked |
| Compound | Having multiple rays |
| Cruciate | Shaped as a cross with four equal arms |
| Doliform | Barrel-shaped |
| Falcate | Sickle-shaped |
| Glandular | Has secretory/excretory function |
| Hooked | Bent/incurved apex-shaped |
| Head | Has an enlarged terminal portion |
| Jointed | Presence of apparent articulation |
| Mamilla | Nipple-shaped projection |
| Multiradiate | Multi-rayed |
| Multitangulate | Rays at many angles |
| Muticous | No pointed tip/ blunt tip |
| Neck | Middle cell of a uniseriate glandular hair |
| Non-glandular | Without secretory/excretory function |
| Osteolate | Thighbone-shaped with many cells having swollen ends |
| Ovoid | Egg-shaped with attachment at larger end |
| Pedestal | Raised base to which hairs are attached |
| Porrect-geminate | Similar to porrect-stellate but consisting of two whorls of rays one over the other |
| Porrect-stellate | Resemblance with porrect rays of cacti with multiple horizontal rays and a central ray |
| Pulvinate | Swollen base |
| Pustulated | Blistered surface |
| Quadricellular | Four cells |
| Sessile | Without stalks (for glands) |
| Setiform | Bristle-shaped |
| Simple | Unbranched |
| Smooth | Without any surface irregularities |
| Stalk | Supporting part of a hair |
| Stellate | Star-shaped |
| Subsidiary cells | Neighbouring base cells |
| Subulate | Awl-shaped |
| Tufted/penicillate | Branched from a base |
| Uniseriate | Single rows/columns of cells |
| Verrucate | Warty-shaped |
| Terminology . | Definition (compiled from previously published literature) . |
|---|---|
| Attenuate | Long and gradually tapering |
| Base | Lowermost part of the trichome |
| Basilatus | Emerging from a broad base |
| Bifurcated | Divided into two branches |
| Brevicolate | Short-necked |
| Compound | Having multiple rays |
| Cruciate | Shaped as a cross with four equal arms |
| Doliform | Barrel-shaped |
| Falcate | Sickle-shaped |
| Glandular | Has secretory/excretory function |
| Hooked | Bent/incurved apex-shaped |
| Head | Has an enlarged terminal portion |
| Jointed | Presence of apparent articulation |
| Mamilla | Nipple-shaped projection |
| Multiradiate | Multi-rayed |
| Multitangulate | Rays at many angles |
| Muticous | No pointed tip/ blunt tip |
| Neck | Middle cell of a uniseriate glandular hair |
| Non-glandular | Without secretory/excretory function |
| Osteolate | Thighbone-shaped with many cells having swollen ends |
| Ovoid | Egg-shaped with attachment at larger end |
| Pedestal | Raised base to which hairs are attached |
| Porrect-geminate | Similar to porrect-stellate but consisting of two whorls of rays one over the other |
| Porrect-stellate | Resemblance with porrect rays of cacti with multiple horizontal rays and a central ray |
| Pulvinate | Swollen base |
| Pustulated | Blistered surface |
| Quadricellular | Four cells |
| Sessile | Without stalks (for glands) |
| Setiform | Bristle-shaped |
| Simple | Unbranched |
| Smooth | Without any surface irregularities |
| Stalk | Supporting part of a hair |
| Stellate | Star-shaped |
| Subsidiary cells | Neighbouring base cells |
| Subulate | Awl-shaped |
| Tufted/penicillate | Branched from a base |
| Uniseriate | Single rows/columns of cells |
| Verrucate | Warty-shaped |
| Terminology . | Definition (compiled from previously published literature) . |
|---|---|
| Attenuate | Long and gradually tapering |
| Base | Lowermost part of the trichome |
| Basilatus | Emerging from a broad base |
| Bifurcated | Divided into two branches |
| Brevicolate | Short-necked |
| Compound | Having multiple rays |
| Cruciate | Shaped as a cross with four equal arms |
| Doliform | Barrel-shaped |
| Falcate | Sickle-shaped |
| Glandular | Has secretory/excretory function |
| Hooked | Bent/incurved apex-shaped |
| Head | Has an enlarged terminal portion |
| Jointed | Presence of apparent articulation |
| Mamilla | Nipple-shaped projection |
| Multiradiate | Multi-rayed |
| Multitangulate | Rays at many angles |
| Muticous | No pointed tip/ blunt tip |
| Neck | Middle cell of a uniseriate glandular hair |
| Non-glandular | Without secretory/excretory function |
| Osteolate | Thighbone-shaped with many cells having swollen ends |
| Ovoid | Egg-shaped with attachment at larger end |
| Pedestal | Raised base to which hairs are attached |
| Porrect-geminate | Similar to porrect-stellate but consisting of two whorls of rays one over the other |
| Porrect-stellate | Resemblance with porrect rays of cacti with multiple horizontal rays and a central ray |
| Pulvinate | Swollen base |
| Pustulated | Blistered surface |
| Quadricellular | Four cells |
| Sessile | Without stalks (for glands) |
| Setiform | Bristle-shaped |
| Simple | Unbranched |
| Smooth | Without any surface irregularities |
| Stalk | Supporting part of a hair |
| Stellate | Star-shaped |
| Subsidiary cells | Neighbouring base cells |
| Subulate | Awl-shaped |
| Tufted/penicillate | Branched from a base |
| Uniseriate | Single rows/columns of cells |
| Verrucate | Warty-shaped |
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