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Sclereid is best defined as

  1. a soft spongy substance in the centre of a stem of many plants and trees

  2. a reduced form of sclerenchyma cells with highly thickened lignified walls

  3. a mechanical supportive ground tissue in plant, consisting of cells having thick and often mineralised walls

  4. a type of cell associated with phloem
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Explanation

A reduced form of sclerenchyma cells with highly thickened lignified walls is called sclereid.

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