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sclereid
[skler-ee-id]
sclereid
A thick-walled lignified plant cell, often branched in shape. Sclereids form many hard structures such as seed coats and nut shells. They are a type of sclerenchyma cell but are usually shorter than fibers.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sclereid1
First recorded in 1895–1905; sclere(nchyma) ( def. ) + -id(e) ( def. ); modeled on German ï
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The team found that walnut shells are composed of a previously unknown cell type—dubbed the “polylobate sclereid” cell—which sport irregular lobes with many different concave and convex contours.
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