chlorenchyman.
/klɒˈrɛŋkɪmə/ Botany.
Green tissue consisting of cells containing chlorophyll, esp. in leafless branches having the function of leaves.
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1894 F. W. Oliver et al. tr. A. Kerner von Marilaun 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.
1959 Chambers'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.
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