Olive leaf trichomes. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of peltate trichomes, or modified hairs, on the surface of an olive leaf (Olea europ

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Olive leaf trichomes. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of peltate trichomes, or modified hairs, on the surface of an olive leaf (Olea europaea). These structures help to prevent water loss from the leaf.

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Keywords: biological, biology, botanical, botany, coloured, epidermal, epidermis, europaea, false-coloured, flora, hair, hairs, leaf, leaves, loss, multiple, nature, olea, olive, peltate, plant, plants, respiration, scale, scales, sem, surface, trichome, trichomes, water