stone celln.Botany one of a number of greatly hardened and thickened cells occurring in certain plants.
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fibre1663
sclerenchyma1875
stone cell1875
scleroblast1882
stone-element1884
sclereid1896
grit-cell1900
Malpighian cell1900
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. ii. 106 The polyhedral stone-cells (sclerenchyma) in the flesh of pears are arranged in groups.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 540 ‘Stone-cells’ in the external cortex.