parenchyma
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1. animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | animal tissue, |
| definition | : | the tissue in the bodies of animals (noun.body) |
2. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | plant tissue, |
| definition | : | the tissue of a plant (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | chlorenchyma, |
| definition | : | parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts (noun.plant) |
| substance meronym | : | flesh, pulp, |
| definition | : | a soft moist part of a fruit (noun.plant) |
| substance meronym | : | pith, |
| definition | : | soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants (noun.plant) |
| substance meronym | : | root, |
| definition | : | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground (noun.plant) |
| substance meronym | : | foliage, leaf, leafage, |
| definition | : | the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants (noun.plant) |
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