plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
Word origin
C19: from chlor(ophyll) + -enchyma
chlorenchyma in American English
(kləˈreŋkəmə)
noun
Botany
parenchymal tissue containing chlorophyll
Word origin
[1890–95; chlor(ophyll) + (par)enchyma]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: honky-tonk, neoclassicism, plein-air, pogey, wireless
Examples of 'chlorenchyma' in a sentence
chlorenchyma
Below the epidermis, three to four layers of collenchyma are observed, followed by two to three layers of chlorenchyma.
D.M.T. Francino, B.F. Sant'Anna-Santos, K.L.F. Silva, M. Thadeo, R.M.S.A. Meira, A.A.Azevedo 2006, 'Anatomia foliar e caulinar de Chamaecrista trichopoda (Caesalpinioideae) e histoquímicado nectário extrafloral Foliar and stem anatomy of Chamaecrista trichopoda (Caesalpinioideae)and extrafloral nectary histochemistry', Planta Daninhahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-83582006000400010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Gibberellic acid and tebuconazole thickened the laminae by cell proliferation of the main photosynthetic tissue – chlorenchyma.
V. V. Rogach, I. V. Poprotska, V. G. Kuryata 2016, 'Effect of gibberellin and retardants on morphogenesis, photosynthetic apparatus andproductivity of the potato', Vìsnik Dnìpropetrovsʹkogo Unìversitetu: Serìâ Bìologìâ, Ekologìâhttp://ecology.dp.ua/index.php/ECO/article/view/690. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The scapes had uniseriate epidermal cells, fibrous groups distributed peripherally, alternating with chlorenchyma, air canals, and collateral vascular bundles.
Kelly Regina Batista Leite, Flávio França, Vera Lúcia Scatena 2009, 'Anatomia de espécies anfíbias de Cyperaceae de lagoas do semi-árido, BA, Brasil Anatomyof amphibious Cyperaceae species from lakes in the semi-arid region of Bahia State,Brazil', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062009000300019. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The midrib faces the adaxial surface with a thick fibrous layer surrounding the vascular bundles adjacent to the chlorenchyma.
BRUNO F. SANT'ANNA-SANTOS, WELLINGTON G.O. CARVALHO JÚNIOR, VANESSA B. AMARAL 2015, 'Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc. lamina anatomy as a tool for taxonomic distinction fromB. odorata (Barb. Rodr.) Noblick comb. nov (Arecaceae)', Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciênciashttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652015000100071&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Gibberellic acid and 1-naphthylacetic acid reasoned the thickening of the chlorenchyma and growth of columnar cells of the parenchyma.
V. V. Rogach, T. I. Rogach 2015, 'Influence of synthetic growth stimulators on morphological and physiological characteristicsand biological productivity of potato culture', Vìsnik Dnìpropetrovsʹkogo Unìversitetu: Serìâ Bìologìâ, Ekologìâhttp://ecology.dp.ua/index.php/ECO/article/view/624. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)