ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Scleroid

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Scleroid is an adjective meaning (botany) Having a hard texture.

Meaning

(botany) Having a hard texture.

More Meanings

  1. (anatomy) thickened.
  2. The outermost layer of an eyeball.
  3. A plant cell with thick cell walls.

Example Sentences

The shells of nuts are scleroid.
Pharyngeal walls thick, scleroid.
Did you find his drums were thickened and scleroid ?
The scleroid patches, when present, took no part in the reaction. No new scleroid tissue was produced.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sclerodermic, sclerosed, sclerocarpic, scleromorphic, sclerodermataceous, sclerotial.

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