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sclereid
[ skler-ee-id ]
sclereid
/ ²õ°ì±ôÄ•°ù′ŧ-Ä»å /
- A thick-walled lignified plant cell, often branched in shape. Sclereids form many hard structures such as seed coats and nut shells. They are a type of sclerenchyma cell but are usually shorter than fibers.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sclereid1
First recorded in 1895–1905; sclere(nchyma) ( def ) + -id(e) ( def ); modeled on German ²õ³¦±ô±ð°ù±ðï»å
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Example Sentences
The team found that walnut shells are composed of a previously unknown cell type—dubbed the “polylobate sclereid†cell—which sport irregular lobes with many different concave and convex contours.
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