Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chloroplasts.

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  • noun botany A mechanical, supportive ground tissue in plants containing chloroplasts.

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  • noun parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[chlor(ophyll) + –enchyma.]

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From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōros, "green") (in reference to chloroplast) + -enchyma.

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Examples

  • In the leaf, Ca-HGO was detected in all chlorenchyma cells; in the stem, it was observed in the same sites described for Ca-TDC1; in the root, no expression was detected.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • In the leaf, Ca-HGO was detected in all chlorenchyma cells; in the stem, it was observed in the same sites described for Ca-TDC1; in the root, no expression was detected.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • In the leaf, Ca-HGO was detected in all chlorenchyma cells; in the stem, it was observed in the same sites described for Ca-TDC1; in the root, no expression was detected.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • In the leaf, Ca-HGO was detected in all chlorenchyma cells; in the stem, it was observed in the same sites described for Ca-TDC1; in the root, no expression was detected.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • Their stomata are situated at the upper surface. plastids in the chlorenchyma cells.

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  • Slide 12: F F F F ก 40x xylem parenchyma epidermis collenchyma chlorenchyma

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  • An ordinary epidermal cell; st. stomata; sc. sclerenchyma; ph. phloëm; chl c. chlorenchyma; m. motor cells; xy. xylem.]

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

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