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Definition of "prosenchyma" [pros•en•chy•ma]

  • A type of plant tissue consisting of elongated cells with tapering ends, occurring in supporting and conducting tissue. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "prosenchyma" in a sentence
  • "The fibrovascular bundles also contain soft-walled prosenchyma cells."
  • "As the cells of this layer multiply, the greater number lengthen vertically into _prosenchyma_, or woody tissue, while some are transformed into ducts "(wood vessels?)" and others remaining as"
  • "Henceforward, if I ever make botanical quotations, I shall always call parenchyma, By-tis; prosenchyma, To-tis; and diachyma, Through-tis, short for By-tissue, To-tissue, and Through-tissue -- then the student will see what all this modern wisdom comes to!"