Category:Stroma

Stro"ma, n.; pl. Stromata. Etym: [l., a bed covering, gr.

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.

2. (bot.)

Defn: a layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the Thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.