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stromata


  1  definition  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. 




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