Thesaurus: stroma

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1. n. The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.
2. n. The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.
3. n. A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.
4. n. a mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on it
5. n. the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast
6. n. the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
7. 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.
8. A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of thethallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.
9. n:100 n. a mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on it n. the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast n. the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)