SCLERENCHYMA
Scle*ren"chy*ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -enchyma as in parenchyma.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic.
Note: By recent german writers and their English translation, this term is used for liber cells. Goodale.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituing the stony corals.
SCLERENCHYMATOUS
Scler`en*chym"a*tous, a. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma.
SCLERENCHYME
Scle*ren"chyme, n.
Defn: Sclerenchyma.