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To add a bit to this complete definition. If you wear latex or nitril gloves the glochids come out when you pull the gloves of 98% of the time. You can burn them off, at least the ones on the exterior of the pad, but there are more just below the surface that will protrude as the fleshy part dries a little bit, even over a few hours. No type is glochid free.“Glochids or glochidia (singular "glochidium") are hair- like spines or short prickles, generally barbed, found on the areoles of cacti in the sub-family Opuntioideae.”