PARENCHYMA

parenchyma. Parenchyma, [ch as k] n. spungy substance, the pith of plants

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Pa‐ren″chy‐ma (pȧ‐rĕṉ″kĭ‐mȧ), n. [[NL., from Gr. παρέγχυμα, fr. παρεγχει̑ν to pour in beside; παρά beside + εν̓ in + χει̑ν 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.