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An island off the north coast of Scotland, uninhabited since the 1960s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: parenchyma
noun
the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: animal tissue
noun
the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plant tissue
noun
a mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plant tissue
History
From Old Norse.
From Latin strōma (“mattress, bed covering”), from Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed”), from στόρνυμι (stórnumi, “to stretch out”).
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
