scle|ren|chy|ma

scle|ren|chy|ma
scle|ren|chy|ma «sklih REHNG kuh muh», noun.
Botany. nonliving plant tissue composed of thickened and hardened cells from which the protoplasm has disappeared. It is found chiefly as a strengthening and protecting tissue in the stem and in such hard parts of plants as nutshells.
[< New Latin sclerenchyma < Greek sklērós hard (see etym. under sclera (Cf.sclera)) + New Latin enchyma enchyma]

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