prosenchyma
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek προς (pros, “near”) + -enchyma.
Noun
prosenchyma (uncountable)
- (botany) The tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, such as the principal cells of ordinary wood.
Translations
the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for prosenchyma in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)