trichodragma
English
editEtymology
editFrom tricho- + Ancient Greek δράγμα (drágma, “bundle”).
Noun
edittrichodragma (plural trichodragmas or trichodragmata)
- A sheaf or bundle of raphides.
- 1916, Journal of Microscopy, page 564:
- The trichodragma is a bundle of short, hair-like spicules, apparently all originating in one and the same mother-cell.
- 1932, Records of the Indian Museum, volume 34, page 329:
- Small sigmata are very rare, and trichodragmata are apparently absent. The external form is similar to that of M. plumosa.