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- Sclereids are a reduced form of sclerenchyma cells with highly thickened, lignified cellular walls that form small bundles of durable layers of tissue...
- in plants. Two types of sclerenchyma cells exist: fibers cellular and sclereids. Their cell walls consist of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Sclerenchyma...
- is also known as a stone cell or sclereids. These tissues are mainly of two types: sclerenchyma fiber and sclereids. Sclerenchyma fiber cells have a narrow...
- sclerenchyma A strengthening or supporting tissue composed of sclereids or of a mixture of sclereids and fibers. sclerophyll A plant with hard, stiff leaves;...
- Consequently, sclereids and fibres are typically dead at functional maturity, and the cytoplasm is missing, leaving an empty central cavity. Sclereids or stone...
- σκληρός (sklērós), σκληρότης (sklērótēs) sclera, sclerectomy, scleredema, sclereid, sclerema, sclerenchyma, sclerite, scleritis, scleroderma, sclerophyll...
- in vascular and support tissues: xylem tracheids, vessel elements and sclereid cells.[citation needed] Lignin plays a crucial part in conducting water...
- helicoidal. Cells with secondary cell walls can be rigid, as in the gritty sclereid cells in pear and quince fruit. Cell to cell communication is possible...
- (1⁄16 in) further. The cu**** has patches of sclereids scattered through it with some of the sclereids that are ****ociated with scale bases organized...
- cells and unspecialized cells and supportive cells, such as fibres and sclereids. Sieve elements are the type of cell that are responsible for transporting...