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sclerenchyma

sclerenchyma


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sclerenchyma  \Scle*ren"chy*ma\,  n.  [NL.,  from  Gr  sklhro`s  hard 
  +  -enchyma  as  in  parenchyma.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  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  translators, 
  this  term  is  used  for  {liber  cells}.  --Goodale. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  hard  calcareous  deposit  in  the  tissues  of 
  Anthozoa,  constituting  the  stony  corals.