Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stroma"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stroma \Stro"ma\, n.; pl. {Stromata}. [L., a bed covering, Gr. ?
a couch or bed.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an
organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.
(b) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood
corpuscle or other cell.
2. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that
part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the
perithecia.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stroma
n 1: the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast
2: the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
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