pith parenchyma

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• Parenchyma — is a term used to describe a bulk of a substance. It is used in different ways in animals and in plants.The term is New Latin, from Greek parenkhuma , visceral flesh, from parenkhein , to pour in beside : para , beside + en , in + khein, to pour …   Wikipedia

• Pith — is a light substance that is found in vascular plants. It consists of soft, spongy parenchyma cells, and is located in the center of the stem. It is encircled by a ring of xylem (woody tissue), and outside that, a ring of phloem (bark tissue). In …   Wikipedia

• parenchyma — parenchymal, parenchymatous /par euhng kim euh teuhs/, adj. /peuh reng keuh meuh/, n. 1. Bot. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin walled cells able to divide. 2. Anat., Zool. the specific tissue of an animal organ as distinguished… …   Universalium

• parenchyma — [pə rɛŋkɪmə] noun 1》 Anatomy the functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue. 2》 Botany the cellular tissue found in the softer parts of leaves, pulp of fruits, bark and pith of stems, etc. Derivatives …   English new terms dictionary

• pith —   Soft, sponge like, central cylinder of the stem, composed mainly of parenchyma …   Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

• parenchyma — /pəˈrɛŋkɪmə / (say puh rengkimuh) noun 1. Botany the fundamental (soft) cellular tissue of plants, as in the softer parts of leaves, the pulp of fruits, the pith of stems, etc. 2. Anatomy, Zoology the proper tissue of an animal organ, as… …  

• parenchyma — n. 1 Anat. the functional part of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue. 2 Bot. the cellular material, usu. soft and succulent, found esp. in the softer parts of leaves, pulp of fruits, bark and pith of stems, etc.… …   Useful english dictionary

• siphonostele — noun Etymology: Greek siphōn tube, siphon Date: 1902 a stele consisting of vascular tissue surrounding a central core of pith parenchyma …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• plant tissue — noun the tissue of a plant (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑plant part, ↑plant structure • Hyponyms: ↑interstitial tissue, ↑fibrous tissue, ↑cortex, ↑medulla, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium

• wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …   Universalium