Parenchyma : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Parenchyma	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parenchyma n animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parenchyma \Paren"chyma\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?], fr. [?] to pour in beside; [?] beside + [?] in + [?] to pour: cf. F. parenchyme.] (Biol.) The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.