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Webster 1913 Edition


Collenchyma

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Col-len′chy-ma

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κόλλα
glue + [GREEK] an infusion. Formed like
parenchyma
.]
(Bot.)
A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.