'Stroma' definitions:
Definition of 'stroma'
(from WordNet)
noun
A mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on it
noun
The dense colorless framework of a chloroplast
noun
The supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
Definition of 'Stroma'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia. [1913 Webster]