macrosclereid

English

Etymology

macro- +‎ sclereid

Noun

macrosclereid (plural macrosclereids)

1. (botany) A columnar sclereid that forms an outer layer in various fruit and seeds.
   • 1967, Robert Harold Miller, Crotalaria Seed Morphology, Anatomy, and Identification, page 41:

     No cuticle is present between the macrosclereids of the funicular remnant (see Funicular Remnant, below) and those of the hilum testa.