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stroma |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stroma \Stro"ma\, n.; pl {Stromata}. [L., a bed covering, Gr ? a couch or bed.] 1. (Anat.) a The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as the stroma of the kidney. b The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell. 2. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stroma n 1: the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast 2: the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
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