Stroma Definition
strōmə
stromata
noun
The connective tissue forming the framework or matrix of an organ or part.
Webster's New World
The colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.
Webster's New World
The colorless semiliquid material inside a chloroplast, in which the thylakoid membranes are embedded and where the dark reactions of photosynthesis occur.
American Heritage Medicine
In some fungi, a cushionlike mass of hyphae, frequently having fruiting bodies embedded in it.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Stroma
Noun
Singular:
stroma
Plural:
stromataOrigin of Stroma
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From Latin stromat- (“bed covering"), from Ancient Greek στρώμα (strōma, “bed"), from στόρνυμι (stornymi, “to stretch out")
From Wiktionary
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Late Latin strōma mattress, covering from Greek bed ster-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old Norse
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