Glochid
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glochid-163-10893494
title:
Glochid
text:
Glochids or glochidia are hair-like spines or short prickles, generally barbed, found on the areoles of cacti in the sub-family Opuntioideae. Cactus glochids easily detach from the plant and lodge in the skin, causing irritation upon contact. The tufts of glochids in the areoles nearly cover the stem surfaces of some cactus species, each tuft containing hundreds of glochids; this may be in addition to, or instead of, the larger, more conspicuous cactus spines, which do not readily detach and are
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encyclopedia
description:
Detachable, irritating spines on cacti of the sub-family Opuntioideae
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glochid
date created:
2005-12-15T01:07:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T15:44:06Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Glochider1000.jpg","width":964,"height":964}
fields total:
13
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