SCLERENCHYMAS

Noun

sclerenchymas

plural of sclerenchyma

Source: Wiktionary


SCLERENCHYMA

Scle*ren"chy*ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -enchyma as in parenchyma.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic.

Note: By recent german writers and their English translation, this term is used for liber cells. Goodale.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituing the stony corals.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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