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Meaning of COLLENCHYMA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Col*len"chy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + ?
an infusion. Formed like parenchyma.] (Bot.)
A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles
and (usually) elongated.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Living, supportive tissue with chloroplasts generally just beneath the surface consisting or more or less elongated cells usually thickened unevenly in a manner somewhat variable in different groups of plants.
 

 

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