sclereidn.
/ˈsklɪəriːɪd/ Botany.
= stone cell n. at stone n. Compounds 2a.
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fibre1663
sclerenchyma1875
stone cell1875
scleroblast1882
stone-element1884
sclereid1896
grit-cell1900
Malpighian cell1900
1896 Ann. Bot. 10 11 The walls of the sclereids..acquire during the ripening an increasingly dark brown colour.
1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 233/2 Sclereid, a sclerotic or stone-cell, a strongly thickened or lignified cell; it is sometimes spelled Sclerid.
1914 M. Drummond tr. G. Haberlandt Physiol. Plant Anat. iv. 160 The coarse villi or shaggy hairs of the Melastomaceae often contain whole bundles of sclereides, which penetrate below into the mesophyll.
1919 F. O. Bower Bot. Living Plant ix. 145 Such stone-cells or sclereids, give a hard gritty texture to the parts where they occur, as in the bark or pith of various woody plants.
1934 Jrnl. Arnold Arboretum 15 247 Clusters of sclerides or stone cells..are of not infrequent occurrence in the pith of the redwood.
1969 E. G. Cutter Plant Anat. I. vi. 57 Sclerenchyma may be sub-divided into sclereids and fibres.
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