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scleral veins |
scleranthus |
scleranthus annuus |
scleredema |
sclerema |
sclerenchyma
| sclerenchymatous
| sclerenchyme
| scleriasis
| sclerite
| scleritis
sclerenchyma
CIDE DICTIONARY
sclerenchyma, n. [NL., from Gr. sklhro`s hard + -enchyma as in parenchyma.].
- Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic. [1913 Webster]" By recent German writers and their English translators, this term is used for
liber cells ." Goodale. [1913 Webster] - The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sclerenchyma, n. the woody tissue found in a plant, formed from lignified cells and usu. providing support.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk skleros hard + egkhuma infusion, after parenchyma
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