Defn: The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds. — Trich`o*gyn"ic, a.
TRICHOMANES
Tri*chom"a*nes, n. Etym: [L., a kind of plant, from Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in the United States.
TRICHOMATOSE
Tri*chom"a*tose`, a. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Affected with a disease which causes agglutination and matting together; — said of the hair when affected with plica. See Plica, 1.
TRICHOME
Trich"ome, n. Etym: [See Trichomatose.] (Bot.)
Defn: A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes. — Tri*chom"a*tous, a.
TRICHOPHORE
Trich"o*phore, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: The special cell in red algæ which produces or bears a trichogyne. See Illust. of Trichogyne.