GLOCHIDIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: glochidcia    , glochidia   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)

Synonyms:

glochid; glochidium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("glochidium" is a kind of...):

pricker; prickle; spikelet; spine; sticker; thorn (a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf)

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