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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In anat., physiol., and botany, of the nature of a stroma; resembling a stroma; stromatous.
  • Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds.

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  • adjective miscellaneous; composed of different kinds

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strōma) coverlet of a bed, plural στρώματα (strōmata), patchwork (for such a coverlet), also applied to several miscellaneous writings, from anything spread out for resting upon, a bed, from the verb στόρνυμι (stornumi, "spread out").

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