macrosclereid

noun

mac·​ro·​sclereid

¦makrō+

: one of the columnar sclereids that often form an outer layer in various fruits and seeds and occur also in the stems of some xerophytes

called also rod cell

compare osteosclereid

Word History

Etymology

macr- + sclereid

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