Glochid
The tiny, barbed spines or bristles found on the areoles of some cacti and other plants.
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GLOCHID -- A small hooked hair borne on some cacti.
GRAFTING -- The process of joining a stem or bud of one plant on to the stem of another.
GLOCHIDS - Tiny, still hairs with barbs found in cacti. Don't let them get you.
GRADE - Not your A, B, C's in class, but the degree or direction of a slope, generally. Real important with house construction and ground placement.
GLOCHID: A small hooked hair borne on some cacti.
GRADE: The degree or direction of a slope. Mainly associated with house construction and landscaping.
GLOCHID - A small hooked hair borne on some cacti.
GRAFT - Process whereby a part (scion) taken from one plant is made to unite with and grown upon another part of a plant (stock).
Perhaps the most pain-free way to remove glochids is with an open flame (which is probably how the Apache and other Native Americans did it long ago): Hold the fruit with metal salad tongs so you're sure to have a good grip.
Most forms are nearly spineless, and even its glochids are less lethal than those of most western prickly pears.
The spines grow from an areole covered with glochids, which are tiny, barbed spines characteristic of all Opuntia. Glochids detach very easily on contact and cause intense skin irritation.
Jamesoniella Autumnalis
Incarvillea Delavayi
Glochidion Marianum
Eriachne Pallescens
Frullanoides Bahamensis ...
 See also: Flower, Plant, Native, Produce, Spine
  
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