GLOCHIDIUM (glochidcia, glochidia)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: glochidcia    , glochidia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does glochidium mean? 

• GLOCHIDIUM (noun)
  The noun GLOCHIDIUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GLOCHIDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOCHIDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

glochid; glochidium

Hypernyms ("glochidium" is a kind of...):

pricker; prickle; spikelet; spine; sticker; thorn (a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf)