Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, an imperfect cellular tissue composed of more or less rounded cells and abundant in intercellular spaces.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) Tissue composed of spheroidal cells.

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  • noun botany tissue composed of spheroidal cells

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek μέρος ("a part") + -enchyma.

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