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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, an internal hair, as one of those which project into the intercellular spaces of certain water-plants. See cut under mangrove.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A hair-like filamentous protrusion from the side of an organism, especially, an alga.

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  • In orc, the application of low concentrations of the AUX1-dependent auxin 2,4-D led to rescue of trichoblast polarity, suggesting that while auxin influx does not appear to be defective, auxin response or availability might be

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Margaret Pullen et al. 2010

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