{ ‖, n. [ NL. aërenchyma. See Aëro-; Enchyma. ] (Bot.) A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; receptacle + &unr_;. Formed like Parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; pit + &unr_; something poured in. Formed like parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ n. [ NL. coenenchyma, fr. Gr. koino`s common + &unr_; something poured in. Formed like parenchyma. ] (Zool.) The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + &unr_; an infusion. Formed like parenchyma. ] (Bot.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'e`gchyma an infusion; 'en in + chei^n to pour. ] (Biol.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a part + -enchyma, as in parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Tissue composed of spheroidal cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + -enchyma, as in E. parenchyma. ] (Biol.) The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the connective tissues and blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. pare`gchyma, fr. paregchei^n to pour in beside; para` beside + 'en in + chei^n 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. parenchymateux. ] Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, parenchymatous degeneration. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pi`nax a tablet + -enchyma, as in parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; side + &unr_;, as in parenchyma. ] (Bot.) A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. sklhro`s hard + -enchyma as in parenchyma. ] 1. (Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ By recent German writers and their English translators, this term is used for liber cells. Goodale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot. & Zool.) Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; sphere + -enchyma as in parenchima. ] (Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of thin-walled rounded cells, -- a modification of parenchyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; a trench + enchyma, as in parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Same as Bothrenchyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. trachea + -enchyma as in E. parenchyma. ] (Bot.) A vegetable tissue consisting of tracheae. [ 1913 Webster ]