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Definition of: sclerenchyma
(sklə·reng′kə·mə) noun Bot.
The tough, stony, thick-walled tissue composing the hard parts of plants. [<NL <Gk. sklēros hard + enchyma an infusion]
—scle·ren·chym·a·tous (sklir′eng·kim′ə·təs) adjective
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