Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1.
a mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on it;
2.
the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast;
3.
the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that
part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the
perithecia.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stroma
n 1: a mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures
embedded in it or on it
2: the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast
3: the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)