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
- (anatomy) thickened.
- The outermost layer of an eyeball.
- 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
- scleroids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sclerodermic, sclerosed, sclerocarpic, scleromorphic, sclerodermataceous, sclerotial.
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