the supporting framework of some animal organs and cells
a compact mass of fungal hyphae (threadlike filaments; see hypha) giving rise to a spore-producing body
the colourless material of a chloroplast (specialized plant cell part) in which the chlorophyll-containing layers are embedded
stromal adj
stromatic /strohʹmatik/ adj
[scientific Latin stromat-, stroma via Latin from Greek strōmat-, strōma bed covering, from stornynai to spread out]