Definition of Glochid

1. Noun. A barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti).

Exact synonyms: Glochidium
Generic synonyms: Pricker, Prickle, Spikelet, Spine, Sticker, Thorn

Definition of Glochid

1. Noun. a form of small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the areoles of certain cacti such as prickly pear. Typically glochids are short, straight, and microscopically barbed. When stuck into the skin of anyone touching the plant, they detach and remain in the skin when the victim moves away. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glochid

1. a barbed hair on some plants [n -S]

Medical Definition of Glochid

1. A barbed hair or bristle. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glochid

globulomer
globulomers
globulous
globulus
globus
globus cruciger
globus hystericus
globus major
globus pallidus
globus pallidus necrosis
globy
glocal
glocalisation
glocalization
glochid (current term)
glochidia
glochidiate
glochidium
glochids
glockenspiel
glockenspiels
glode
glodes
gloeocystidium
glogg
gloggs
gloire
gloires
glom

Literary usage of Glochid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... fflo'cbid, glochid'ium (-/\w,X''i an an- gular end or barb), (1) a barbed hair or bristle ; (2) a similar structure on the ..."

2. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1919)
"... densely beset with glochid-bearing areoles; petals orange-yellow, i to 1.3 cm. long. Type locality: Cuba, in maritime depressions. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"This goes on for about 10 weeks, during which time the glochid- ium has been metamorphosed into a young normal mussel, drops off and begins the ordinary ..."

4. Introduction to Botany by William Chase Stevens (1902)
"... gray) : covered with a bloom or powder, as a plum or cabbage leaf. Glo'bose, glob'ular (L. globus, a sphere) : spherical or nearly so. glochid'iate (Gr. ..."

5. Invertebrate Dissections by Henry Leslie Osborn (1895)
"The eggs develop in the gill, where they can be easily found in various stages of development: they develop into a bivalve larval form. glochid- ..."

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