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Noun: sclerenchyma  skli'reng-ku-mu
  1. The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals
     
  2. Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear

Derived forms: sclerenchymas

Encyclopedia: Sclerenchyma