spongy parenchyma
1spongy parenchyma — noun : loosely and irregularly arranged parenchyma having numerous intercellular spaces found toward the lower surface within many leaves and consisting of irregular, lobed, or stellate cells compare palisade parenchyma * * * Bot. the lower layer …
2spongy parenchyma — noun Date: 1884 a spongy layer of irregular chlorophyll bearing cells interspersed with air spaces that fills the interior part of a leaf below the palisade layer called also spongy layer, spongy tissue …
3spongy parenchyma — Tissue usually found in the lower part of the leaf mesophyll. Consists of irregularly shaped, photosynthetic parenchyma cells, separated by large air spaces …
4spongy parenchyma — Bot. the lower layer of the ground tissue of a leaf, characteristically containing irregularly shaped cells with relatively few chloroplasts and large intercellular spaces. Also called spongy mesophyll. [1880 85] * * * …
5spongy layer — noun see spongy parenchyma …
6spongy tissue — noun see spongy parenchyma …
7parenchyma — [pə reŋ′ki mə, pəren′ki mə] n. [ModL < Gr, anything poured in beside < para , beside (see PARA 1) + enchyma, infusion < enchein, to pour in < en , in + cheein, to pour: see FOUND3] 1. Anat. the essential or functional tissue of an… …
8parenchyma — 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… …
9parenchyma — pa•ren•chy•ma [[t]pəˈrɛŋ kə mə[/t]] n. 1) bot the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin walled cells able to divide 2) anat. zool. the functional tissue of an animal organ as distinguished from its connective or supporting tissue 3) zool …
10palisade parenchyma — noun : a layer of columnar or cylindrical cells that are rich in chloroplasts, have small intercellular spaces, and are found typically just beneath the upper epidermis of foliage leaves compare spongy parenchyma * * * Bot. the upper layer of… …
