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Sclerenchyma

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals.

(2):

(n.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sclerenchyma'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sclerenchyma.html. 1828.