sclerenchyma

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sclerenchyma \Scle*ren"chy*ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. sklhro`s hard
   + -enchyma as in parenchyma.]
   1. (Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with
      thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the
      gritty parts of a pear. See {Sclerotic}.
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   Note: By recent German writers and their English translators,
         this term is used for {liber cells}. --Goodale.
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   2. (Zool.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of
      Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals.
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