Tobacco leaf trichomes, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Trichomes are specialised structures that can be glandular in nature, defend agai

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Tobacco leaf trichomes, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Trichomes are specialised structures that can be glandular in nature, defend against predators, or help reduce water loss. This is a sample of Virigina tobacco, a variety of tobacco from the plant Nicotiana tabacum.

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Keywords: -, biological, biology, botanical, botany, coloured, epidermal, epidermis, false-coloured, flora, leaf, nature, nicotiana, plant, sem, surface, tabacum, tobacco, trichome, trichomes, virginia