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Supportive tissue ordered mainly at the front in layers
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stromata
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Stroma \Stro"ma\, n.; pl. Stromata . [L., a bed covering, Gr. ? a couch or bed.] (Anat.) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney. The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell. (Bot.) ...
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n. (plural of stroma English)
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The Stromata or Stromateis (Στρωματεῖς, "Patchwork") is the third in Clement of Alexandria 's trilogy of works on the Christian life. Clement titled this work Stromateis , "patchwork," because it deals with such a variety of matters. It goes further than ...
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n. the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma) [also: stromata (pl)]
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Clement of Alexandria, in his Stromata, writes it Bedou, as it is pronounced also by the Chingulais.