glochid

As nouns the difference between terms and glochid

is that terms is while glochid is a form of small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the such as [[wikipedia:opuntia|prickly pear typically glochids are short, straight, and microscopically barbed when stuck into the skin of anyone touching the plant, they detach and remain in the skin when the victim moves away.

As a noun glochid is

a form of small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the such as [[wikipedia:opuntia|prickly pear typically glochids are short, straight, and microscopically barbed when stuck into the skin of anyone touching the plant, they detach and remain in the skin when the victim moves away.

As an adjective microscopic

is microscopic.

As a noun glochid is

a form of small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the such as [[wikipedia:opuntia|prickly pear typically glochids are short, straight, and microscopically barbed when stuck into the skin of anyone touching the plant, they detach and remain in the skin when the victim moves away.

As nouns the difference between cluster and glochid

is that cluster is cluster (group of galaxies or stars) while glochid is a form of small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the such as [[wikipedia:opuntia|prickly pear typically glochids are short, straight, and microscopically barbed when stuck into the skin of anyone touching the plant, they detach and remain in the skin when the victim moves away.

As an adjective dense

is having relatively high density.

As a noun glochid is

a form of small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the such as [[wikipedia:opuntia|prickly pear typically glochids are short, straight, and microscopically barbed when stuck into the skin of anyone touching the plant, they detach and remain in the skin when the victim moves away.

As a verb occur

is to happen or take place.

As a noun glochid is

a form of small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the such as [[wikipedia:opuntia|prickly pear typically glochids are short, straight, and microscopically barbed when stuck into the skin of anyone touching the plant, they detach and remain in the skin when the victim moves away.

As nouns the difference between spine and glochid

is that spine is the series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a person, or from the head to the tail of an animal; backbone, vertebral column while glochid is a form of small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the areoles of certain cacti such as prickly pear. Typically glochids are short, straight, and microscopically barbed. When stuck into the skin of anyone touching the plant, they detach and remain in the skin when the victim moves away.

As nouns the difference between irritant and glochid

is that irritant is any medication designed to cause irritation while glochid is a form of small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the areoles of certain cacti such as prickly pear. Typically glochids are short, straight, and microscopically barbed. When stuck into the skin of anyone touching the plant, they detach and remain in the skin when the victim moves away.

As an adjective irritant

is causing irritation or inflammation.

As an adjective detachable

is detachable, removable.

As a noun glochid is

a form of small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the such as [[wikipedia:opuntia|prickly pear typically glochids are short, straight, and microscopically barbed when stuck into the skin of anyone touching the plant, they detach and remain in the skin when the victim moves away.

As nouns the difference between glochid and cataphyll

is that glochid is a form of small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the such as [[wikipedia:opuntia|prickly pear typically glochids are short, straight, and microscopically barbed when stuck into the skin of anyone touching the plant, they detach and remain in the skin when the victim moves away while cataphyll is (botany) a leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales.