sclerenchyma

/skli-reng-kuh-muh/US // sklɪˈrɛŋ kə mə //UK // (sklɪəˈrɛŋkɪmə) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Botany.
- : supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.

The minute inner filaments of sclerenchyma are never continued far up the stalk, and are sometimes wanting altogether.
One series consists of small bundles lying inside the sclerenchyma ring at the base of each of the connecting bands.
It is this great development of sclerenchyma that makes the outer portion of the cortex hard.
On both sides of the larger vascular bundle there are bands of sclerenchyma.
All the vascular bundles in the leaves of Eragrostis Willdenoviana are provided with sclerenchyma on both the sides.