释义 |
chlorenchyma Bot.|klɒˈrɛŋkɪmə| [f. chlor-1 + ἔγχυµα infusion.] Green tissue consisting of cells containing chlorophyll, esp. in leafless branches having the function of leaves.
1894F. W. Oliver et al. tr. Kerner's Nat. Hist. Plants I. 278 In flowering plants the transpiring cells are situated as a rule in the interior of the green leaves, and also in the green cortex of leafless branches, forming a part of that green tissue which has been termed chlorenchyma, or when in the leaves, mesophyll. 1959Chambers's Encycl. III. 522/1 Chlorenchyma, parenchymatous tissue, the cells of which contain chloroplasts. The palisade and lobed parenchyma of the mesophyll of the leaf are collectively termed chlorenchyma. |