stroma

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: stro=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

stroma, n. [L., a bed covering, Gr. a couch or bed.].

•  The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.  [1913 Webster]
•  A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

stroma, n. (pl. stromata) Biol.
1 the framework of an organ or cell.
2 a fungous tissue containing spore-producing bodies.

Derivative

stromatic adj.

Etymology

mod.L f. LL f. Gk stroma coverlet