noun. The connective tissue framework of an organ, gland, or other structure, as distinguished from the tissues performing the special function of the organ or part.

noun. The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood cell or other cell.

noun. The colorless semiliquid material inside a chloroplast, in which the thylakoid membranes are embedded and where the dark reactions of photosynthesis occur.

noun. A dense mass of fungal hyphae on or in which reproductive structures develop.

noun. In anatomy: The sustentacular tissue or substance of a part or organ, usually of connective tissue.

noun. In botany: In fungi, a variously shaped more or less continuous layer of cellular tissue, in which perithecia or other organs of fructification are immersed. Sometimes called receptacle. See cut under ergot.

noun. In vegetable physiology, the solid matter remaining after all the fluid has been expressed from protoplasm.

noun. undefined

noun. The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ.

noun. The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.

noun. A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.

noun. the tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it

noun. the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast

noun. a mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on it

noun. the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)

"After age 40, the changes in the breasts become more pronounced, as fatty tissue begins to replace the supportive, fibrous tissue known as the stroma, and skin starts to sag more — regardless of whether a woman has had kids, and nursed them, or not."