The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sclerenchymatous
Sclerenchymatous \Scler`en*chym"a*tous\, a. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma.
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sclerenchymatous
a. Of, pertaining to, or composed of sclerenchyma
Usage examples of "sclerenchymatous".
Not only are thick-walled sclerenchymatous cells developed to give rigidity to the periphery of the stem and the midrib of the leaf, but in many cases a special water-conducting tissue, consisting of elongated cells, the end walls of which are thin and oblique, forms a definite central strand in the stem.
In most mosses the teeth are portions of thickened cell-walls but in the Polytrichaceae they are formed of a number of sclerenchymatous cells.