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Parenchyma

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laminanounA thin layer, plate, or scale of material.
zonate(biology) Having or appearing to have multiple zones, such as of color or texture.
soft tissuenoun(anatomy) All the tissues of the body except the calcified ones such as bones and teeth. (Cartilage of joints is often excluded from the definition as well).
pithnoun(figurative) The central or innermost part of something; the core, the heart.
mesophyllnoun(botany) The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf.
cortexnoun(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
ground tissuenoun(botany) The basic supportive tissues in plants.
cellular tissue
plectenchymanoun(biology) The tissue (prosenchyma or pseudoparenchyma) of a fungus.
enchymanoun(biology) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.
pleurenchymanoun(obsolete, botany) A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed.
prosenchymanoun(botany) The tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, such as the principal cells of ordinary wood.
collenchymanoun(biology) A living, elongated, mechanical and flexible ground tissue with angular pectin depositions; present just under leaves, tendrils and stems of climbers; formed before vascular differentiation.
diachymanounThe parenchyma of leaves.
coenenchymanouncoenenchym
pseudoparenchymanoun(mycology) A fungus tissue that resembles parenchyma found in plants, but is actually tangled hyphae.
merenchymanoun(archaic, botany) tissue composed of spheroidal cells
aerenchymanoun(botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants.
wood parenchymanoun(botany) The vertical and usually axially arranged parenchyma of the xylem that is believed to function chiefly in carbohydrate storage.
chlorenchymanoun(botany) A mechanical, supportive ground tissue in plants containing chloroplasts.

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