a strengthening or support tissue composed of sclereids or of a mixture of sclereids and fibers.
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• (n.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals. • (n.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic.
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any of various kinds of hard, woody cells that serve the function of support in plants. Mature sclerenchyma cells are dead cells that have heavily ... [2 related articles]
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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. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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A protective or supporting plant tissue made up of cells with thickened, lignified walls.
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Plant cell type with thick lignified walls, normally dead at maturity and specialized for structural strength. Includes fibre cells, that are greatly elongated, and sclereids, that are more isodiametric. Intermediate types exist.
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Scle·ren'chy·ma noun [ New Latin , from Greek
sklhro`s hard +
-enchyma as in
parenchyma .]
1. (Botany) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See
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Plant tissue whose function is to strengthen and support, composed of thick-walled cells that are heavily lignified (toughened). On maturity the cell inside dies, and only the cell walls remain. Sclerenchyma may be made up of one or two types of cells: sclereids, occurring singly or in small clusters, are often found in the hard shells of f...
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