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Explain the term ''sclereids''.

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Sclereids are dead cell,usually these are isodiametric but some are elongated too.The cell wall is very thick due to lignification.Lumen is very much reduced.The pits may simple or branched.Sclereids are mechanical in function.They give hard texture to the seed coats,endosperms etc.
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