a fleshy tissue of the leaves, fruits, stems, etc of higher plants that consists of thin-walled living cells: compare collenchyma, sclerenchyma
the essential and distinctive tissue of an organ or an abnormal growth, as distinguished from its supportive framework
parenchymatous /parənʹkiemətəs, -ʹkimətəs/ adj
[via Latin from Greek parenchyma visceral flesh, from parenchein to pour in beside, from para-1 + chein to pour]