Sclerotic parenchyma

(Bot.) sclerenchyma. By some writers a distinction is made, sclerotic parenchyma being applied to tissue composed of cells with the walls hardened but not thickened, and sclerenchyma to tissue composed of cells with the walls both hardened and thickened.

See also: Sclerotic

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.