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pseudoparenchyma
[ soo-doh-puh-reng-kuh-muh ]
noun
Biology.
- (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- d·貹·c· ··貹··⳾··ٴdzܲ [soo-doh-par-, uh, ng-, kim, -, uh, -t, uh, s], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pseudoparenchyma1
First recorded in 1870–75; pseudo- + parenchyma
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Example Sentences
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They also undergo cutting up by numerous septa into short cells, and these often divide again in all planes, so that a pseudoparenchyma results, the walls of which may be thickened and swollen internally, or hardened and black on the exterior.
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