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sclerenchyma definition

scle·ren·chyma (skli reŋ′kə mə)

noun

Bot. plant tissue of uniformly thick-walled, dead cells, as in a stem, the shell of a nut, etc.

Etymology: ModL < Gr sklēros (see sclera) + enchyma, infusion: see parenchyma

Related Forms:

  • sclerenchymatous scle′·ren·chym′a·tous (sklir′eŋ kim′ə təs) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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