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Plectenchyma

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pseudoparenchymanoun(mycology) A fungus tissue that resembles parenchyma found in plants, but is actually tangled hyphae.
parenchymanoun(anatomy) The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
pleurenchymanoun(obsolete, botany) A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed.
prosoplectenchymanounSynonym of prosenchyma
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.
scleroplectenchymanounA type of prosenchyma with either globose or angular densely packed cells.
coenenchymanouncoenenchym
merenchymanoun(archaic, botany) tissue composed of spheroidal cells
sclerenchymanoun(botany) A mechanical ground tissue, impermeable to water, which consists of cells having narrow lumen and thick, mineralized walls of lignin; present in stems, vascular bundles (of monocots), seed coverings, and vein and tips of leaves.
sclerenchymenounArchaic form of sclerenchyma. [(botany) A mechanical ground tissue, impermeable to water, which consists of cells having narrow lumen and thick, mineralized walls of lignin; present in stems, vascular bundles (of monocots), seed coverings, and vein and tips of leaves.]
chlorenchymanoun(botany) A mechanical, supportive ground tissue in plants containing chloroplasts.
diachymanounThe parenchyma of leaves.
aerenchymanoun(botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants.
paratheciumnoun(biology) The hyphal layer of the apothecium of a lichen
epitheciumnoun(lichenology, mycology) An external layer over the fertile surface of some fungi, formed from extensions of the paraphyses.
trachenchymanoun(botany, dated) A vegetable tissue consisting of xylem vessels.
pithnoun(figurative) The central or innermost part of something; the core, the heart.
wood parenchymanoun(botany) The vertical and usually axially arranged parenchyma of the xylem that is believed to function chiefly in carbohydrate storage.
hypodermanoun(zoology) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.

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