Stroma

[strәumә]

Definition

(noun.) the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma).

(noun.) the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast.

(noun.) a mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on it.

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Definition

(n.) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.

(n.) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.

(n.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.

Edited by Bradley

Definition

n. the subtentacular tissue or substance of an organ or cell: in fungi the substance in which the perithecia are immersed: the solid mass left after all liquid is expressed from protoplasm.—adjs. Stromat′ic; Strō′matiform; Strō′matous.

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