• Glochid

    Full definition of glochid

    Noun

    glochid

    (plural glochids or glochidia)
    1. a form of small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the of certain cacti such as . 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.
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