sterenchyma Bot. rare.
(stəˈrɛŋkɪmə)
[irreg. f. Gr. στερ-εός solid + ἔγχῡµα infusion, after parenchyma.]
= sclerenchyma 2.
| 1856 Griffith & Henfrey Microgr. Dict. 642 Sterenchyma, a name which might be used to distinguish the bony cellular tissue of shells, stones of fruit, &c. 1861 Bentley Man. Bot. 28 When..parenchymatous cells become much thickened by..secondary deposits,..if the secondary deposits are of bony hardness, as in the stones of fruits, &c., Henfrey has proposed the term sterenchyma. |