colletor

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noun

A multicellular trichome of a leaf or bud scale that produces a sticky secretion; a group or tuft of mucilaginous secretory hairs, usually found near the base of the leaf lamina and on the calyx.

“Colletors are found in members of the Apocynaceae and Asclepiadaceae families.”

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Meanings

nouncolletor (plural colletors)

plural colletors

  1. biologyA multicellular trichome of a leaf or bud scale that produces a sticky secretion; a group or tuft of mucilaginous secretory hairs, usually found near the base of the leaf lamina and on the calyx.

    Colletors are found in members of the Apocynaceae and Asclepiadaceae families.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

colletor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colletor

MLA

“colletor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colletor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colletor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colletor.

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