Term: stroma
Origin: Anc Greek
στρώμα/stroma(=bed covering) > στορέννυμι /storenemi(=spread out for sitting or lying upon)
Definition:
1. (anatomy). The supportive framework of an organ or other structure, typically composed of connective tissue.
3. (botany). The matrix of the chloroplast which is a thick fluid in between grana where various enzymes, molecules and ions are found, and where the dark reaction (or carbohydrate formation reactions) of photosynthesis occurs.
