different between trichome vs indumentum

English

Etymology

From French trichome, from New Latin trichoma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (tríkh?ma), from ???? (thríx, “hair”) + -?? (-ma). Doublet of trichoma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?a?ko?m/
• IPA^(key): /?t??ko?m/

Noun

trichome (plural trichomes)

1. (botany) A hair- or scale-like extension of the epidermis of a plant.
2. (biology) Hairlike structures found in some microscopic organisms and algae.
3. (pathology, cell biology) A row of cells formed by successive cell divisions.

Derived terms

• microtrichome
• pseudotrichome

Related terms

• trichology
• trichomic
• trichomics

See also

• seta
• trichoma
• trichomatous

Anagrams

• chromite, hormetic

English

Etymology

Latin indumentum

Noun

indumentum (plural indumenta)

1. (botany) A surface covering of any kind of trichomes, e.g. hairs, scales.

Related terms

• indument

Latin

Etymology

From indu?.

Noun

ind?mentum n (genitive ind?ment?); second declension

1. garment, robe

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• Catalan: indument
• ? English: indumentum
• Italian: indumento
• Portuguese: indumento
• Spanish: indumento

References

• indumentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• indumentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• indumentum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers