Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the woody tissue of plants. See
wood-cell .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A
tissue consisting of long and slendertubular cells , of whichwood is mainly composed.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek side + -enchyma as in parenchyma.
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