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‖ merenchyma Bot.|məˈrɛŋkɪmə|
Also anglicized merenchym.
[mod.L., f. Gr. µέρος part + -enchyma in parenchyma.]
Tissue consisting of ellipsoidal and spheroidal cells. Also attrib.
1839Lindley Introd. Bot. i. i. (ed. 3) 7 note, Professor Morren has proposed the following nomenclature of tissue, which has some advantages over that now more commonly in use. I. Parenchyma; 1. merenchyma, or sphærenchyma, spherical; 2. conenchyma, conical [etc.]. Ibid. 15 Meyen has Merenchyma [ed. 1848 Merenchym] for ellipsoidal and spheroidal cells. 1849Balfour Man. Bot. §5. 1900 Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, Merenchyma cells, unpitted cells in the pith of trees, with intercellular spaces, and much elongated radially.
Hence merenˈchymatous a., of the character of merenchyma.
1840Ann. Nat. Hist. IV. 392 A cuticle with merenchymatous cells, swollen up, like bladders. |