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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Stro·ma n.; pl. Stromata
 1. Anat. (a) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney. (b) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.
 2. Bot. A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 stroma
      n 1: the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast
      2: the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
      [also: stromata (pl)]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 stromata
      See stroma