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Prosenchyma

Pros-en′chy-ma

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] near +
-enchyma
, as in
parenchyma
.]
(Bot.)
A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood.