parenchymousadj.
/pəˈrɛŋkᵻməs/, U.S. /pəˈrɛŋkəməs/ Biology.
Of the nature of parenchyma; parenchymatous, parenchymal.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > [adjective] > proper
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > substance or secretion and excretion > [adjective] > of substance of gland
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [adjective] > relating to intestinal worm > of or relating to Sterelmintha or having solid body
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1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 185 The flesh of the body is of three sorts, Parenchymous, Glandulous, or Musculous.
1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 196 The parenchymous Substance of the Liver.
1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 54 The parenchymous matter, which ought to have been separated from it, is in part still remaining, and gives the paper a greenish colour, besides making it very brittle.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxix. 91 [The eggs] are usually deposited in the parenchymous substance of the leaves.
1868 E. P. Wright Ocean World vi. 121 Among the Gorgonidæ the polypier ceases to be parenchymous—that is, spongy and cellular.
1920 Bot. Gaz. 70 168 The parenchymous tissues of the root are the seat of activity.
1957 New Phytologist 56 302 Proliferation of vascular tissue occurred and parenchymous tissue was almost lacking in the strap-like leaves.
1991 Jrnl. Archaeol. Sci. 18 661 (title) The identification of charred archaeological remains of vegetative parenchymous tissue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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