The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sclerenchyma \Scle*ren"chy*ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. sklhro`s hard
+ -enchyma as in parenchyma.]
1. (Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with
thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the
gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic.
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Note: By recent German writers and their English translators,
this term is used for liber cells. --Goodale.
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2. (Zool.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of
Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Liber \Li"ber\ (l[imac]"b[~e]r), n. [L. See Libel.] (Bot.)
The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually
contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is,
therefore, the part from which the fiber of the plant is
obtained, as that of hemp, etc.
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Liber cells, elongated woody cells found in the liber.
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