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   parenchyma

   /pəˈrɛŋkɪmə/

   noun

   • 1. the functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue: "the liver parenchyma"
   • ▪ the cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent, found chiefly in the softer parts of leaves, pulp of fruits, bark and pith of stems, etc.: "xylem parenchyma cells"
   • ▪ cellular tissue lying between the body wall and the organs of invertebrate animals lacking a coelom, such as flatworms.

   Word Origin late 16th century: via Latin from Greek parenkhuma ‘something poured in besides’, from para- ‘beside’ + enkhuma ‘infusion’.

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