Medical Definition of Sclereid
1. Type of sclerenchyma cell that differs from the fibre cell by not being greatly elongated. Often occurs singly (an idioblast) or in small groups, giving rise to a gritty texture in, for instance, the pear fruit, where it is known as a stone cell. May also occur in layers, for example in hard seed coats. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sclereid
Literary usage of Sclereid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1899)
"... and the characteristic sclereid layer is formed (Fig. 15 scl.) There is no
differentiation of the inner integument into any striking structure. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1899)
"... remains a row of thin-walled cells until near the end, when the inner and side
walls thicken, and the characteristic sclereid layer is formed (Fig. ..."
3. An Introduction to Pharmacognosy by Smith Ely Jelliffe (1904)
"IIl, sclereid layer seen from surface. IV, Aleurone layer. V, Epidermis. VI,
Large cells from above. VII, Fragments of large cells in powder. ..."
4. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... a stone-cell, or sclereid ; Scler'ogen (yeros, offspring), the hard lig- nified
deposits in such cells as those which compose the shell of the walnut, ..."
5. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"A stone cell or sclereid from the petiole of the wax plant (Hoya carnosa); note
the lines of stratification (j), representing successive periods of wall ..."
6. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"... stone cell or sclereid from the petiole of the wax plant (Hoya carnosa); note
the lines of stratification (s), representing successive periods of wall ..."
7. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"... consists mainly of parenchyma, and only an occasional sclereid is present.
As viewed basipetally in developing leaves (figs. ..."
8. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"Sometimes the sclereid cell is thickened only on one side, the delicately walled
part being outside as in the galls of ..."
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