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Definition of Sclerenchyma
1. n. Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic.
Definition of Sclerenchyma
1. Noun. (botany) A mechanical, supportive ground tissue in plants consisting of aggregates of cells having thick, often mineralized walls ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituing the stony corals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sclerenchyma
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Medical Definition of Sclerenchyma
1. Plant cell type with thick lignified walls, normally dead at maturity and specialised for structural strength. Includes fibre cells, that are greatly elongated and sclereids, that are more isodiametric. Intermediate types exist. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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