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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