riches

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They found that not only do tomato plants synthesize chemically unique acylsugars in their roots and trichomes, but these acylsugars are produced through two parallel metabolic pathways.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

Using a magnifying app on his phone, Mr. Sallie homed in on the flower’s minuscule, crystal-like trichomes, sprouting all along the bud like tiny mushrooms.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022

What’s even cooler is that trichomes are female plants’ way of protecting themselves from insects and other animals out in the wild.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2021

These wild tomatoes can fight off insects thanks to small hair-like structures called glandular trichomes that cover the leaves and stems.

From Nature • Apr. 25, 2017

But in these three genera these organs do not possess any power of movement, and there is no reason to doubt that they are of the nature of hairs or trichomes.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles