parenchyma
/puh-reng-kuh-muh/US // pəˈrɛŋ kə mə //UK // (pəˈrɛŋkɪmə) //
实质部,实质层,实体,实质
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- : Anatomy, Zoology. the specific tissue of an animal organ as distinguished from its connective or supporting tissue.
- : Zoology. a type of soft, spongy connective tissue of certain invertebrates, as the flatworms.
- : Pathology. the functional tissue of a morbid growth.
Examples
That of Pyralis tuberculana constructs a pannier-shaped one of the parenchyma of the leaves of plants.
These are filled with polygonal cells, which form the true parenchyma of the body.
Parenchyma, pa-reng′ki-m, n. the soft cellular tissue of glandular and other organs, as the pith in plants or the pulp in fruits.
To ascertain the presence of bubble-cells in the parenchyma of a Spongillid.
They are the chief constituents of the fleshy parenchyma of fruits, tubers, rhizomes.
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