parenchyma – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
parenchyma
n.
fundamental tissue (Anatomy, Botany and Zoology)
Parenchyma
Parenchyma is the bulk of a substance. In
animals, a parenchyma comprises the functional parts of an organ and in
plants parenchyma is the
ground tissue of
nonwoody structures.
parenchyma
Noun
1. animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels
(hypernym) animal tissue
2. the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems
(hypernym) plant tissue
(hyponym) chlorenchyma
(substance-holonym) leaf, leafage, foliage
Parenchyma
(n.)
The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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parenchyma
[pah-REN-kih-ma]
The essential or functional elements of an organ.
