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Sclerenchyma
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What's The Definition Of Sclerenchyma?Synonyms | Synonyms for Sclerenchyma: Related Terms | Find terms related to Sclerenchyma: See Also | Sclerenchyma In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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