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glochid

/ˈɡlɒk.ɪd/

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noun

/ˈɡlɒk.ɪd/C2formalscientific
  • ruЗазубренная колючка или щетинка, растущая пучками у кактусов; легко отделяется и впивается в кожу.

A barbed spine or bristle, often found in tufts on cacti, that can easily detach and penetrate skin.

  1. Barbed plant spineC2formalscientific

    A small, barbed spine or bristle, often found in tufts on cacti and certain other plants, which easily detaches and can cause skin irritation.

    ruГлохидий

    • The cactus is covered in tiny glochids that can be painful to touch.
    • He carefully removed the glochids from his hand with tweezers.
    • Glochids are a defense mechanism for many species of prickly pear.
Forms
  • glochids plural form
  • glochids' possessive plural form
  • glochid's possessive singular form