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Webster 1913 Edition
parenchyma
pa-ren′chy-ma
(pȧ-rĕṉ′kĭ-mȧ)
, Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
παρέγχυμα
, fr. παρεγχεῖν
to pour in beside; παρά
beside + ἐν
in + χεῖν
to pour: cf. F. parenchyme
.] (Biol.)
The soft cellular substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, the soft tissue of glands, and the like.
Webster 1828 Edition
Parenchyma
PAREN'CHYMA
,Noun.
1.
In anatomy, the solid and interior part of the viscera, or the substance contained in the interstices between the blood vessels of the viscera; a spungy substance. Parenchyma is the substance or basis of the glands.
2.
In botany,the pith or pulp of plants.