Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of sclerenchyma; containing or consisting of that substance: as, sclerenchymatous tissue; a sclerenchymatous polyp.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot. & Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or composed of
sclerenchyma
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Examples
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Every large primary vascular bundle in the leaves of many grasses possesses sclerenchymatous bands both above and below.
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In a well developed large vascular bundle the chlorophyllous layer is open below just close to the sclerenchymatous band.
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There is a sclerenchymatous ring close to the epidermis but separated from it by a few layers of parenchyma.
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All the vascular bundles in the leaves of _Aristida setacea_ have broad sclerenchymatous bands on both the sides.
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Another row of vascular bundles lies just inside the sclerenchymatous ring and each of these bundles is in contact with the band.
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In the cortical portion outside the sclerenchymatous band, small vascular bundles occur in the stems of _Panicum colonum_, _Panicum Crus-galli_ and _Panicum fluitans_.
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Not only are thick-walled sclerenchymatous cells developed to give rigidity to the periphery of the stem and the midrib of the leaf, but in many cases a special water-conducting tissue, consisting of elongated cells, the end walls of which are thin and oblique, forms a definite central strand in the stem.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
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In most mosses the teeth are portions of thickened cell-walls but in the Polytrichaceae they are formed of a number of sclerenchymatous cells.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
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One set of bundles lying just outside the sclerenchymatous ring consists of small ones connecting the ring with the epidermis.
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Within the sclerenchymatous band lie small vascular bundles at regular intervals just towards the cortex.
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