'Liber cells' definitions:

Definition of 'Liber cells'

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  • Liber \Li"ber\ (l[imac]"b[~e]r), n. [L. See Libel.] (Bot.) The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fiber of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Liber cells, elongated woody cells found in the liber. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'liber cells'

From: GCIDE
  • Sclerenchyma \Scle*ren"chy*ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. sklhro`s hard + -enchyma as in parenchyma.]
  • 1. (Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: By recent German writers and their English translators, this term is used for liber cells. --Goodale. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals. [1913 Webster]