Hair

Hair

Hair is a filamentous biomaterial, that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.

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Famous quotes containing the word hair:

    “If they [Mexicans] touch the hair of the head of one of our citizens, tell him [Commodore Dallas] to batter down and destroy their town and exterminate the inhabitants from the face of the earth!”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    “Fair maid, white and red,
    Comb me smooth, and stroke my head;
    And every hair a sheave shall be,
    And every sheave a golden tree.”
    —George Peele (1559–1596)

    “Pour away that youth
    That overflows the heart
    Into hair and mouth....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)