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stellate hair

stel·late hair

hair split in several strands at the free end.
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stel·late hair

(stel'āt hār)
Hair split in several strands at the free end.
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rosea as "tufted hair" as their rays are raised slightly above the epidermis but they were of the view that ontogeny is essentially similar to that of stellate hair. Both tufted and stellate hair originates from single protodermal initial.
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