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parenchyma
/pəˈɹɛŋ.kɪm.ə/
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What does parenchyma mean?
noun
- The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
- The cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent, found chiefly in the softer parts of leaves, pulp of fruits, bark and pith of stems, etc.
- Cellular tissue lying between the body wall and the organs of invertebrate animals lacking a coelom, such as flatworms.
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/pəˈɹɛŋ.kɪm.ə/
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Does the humidity deposited on the parenchyma by the cooling of the leaves, which is the effect of the nocturnal radiation, prevent the action of the first rays of the sun?
It does not only exist in the saliva and the mucus of the mouth, but likewise in the blood and the parenchyma of the salivary glands; but not in the pulpy substance of the nerves.