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Sclerenchyma
Pronunciation : Scle*ren"chy*ma
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [NL., from Gr. -enchyma as in parenchyma.]
Definition : 1. (Bot.)
Defn: 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 translation, this term is used for liber cells. Goodale.
2. (Zo?l.)
Defn: The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituing the stony corals.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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