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parenchyma   (TTS Sound)

The noun parenchyma has 2 senses

• parenchyma -- (animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels)


• parenchyma -- (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)