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aerenchym

aerenchym is the dated form of aerenchyma.

Meaning of aerenchyma

Noun

aerenchyma (countable and uncountable, plural aerenchymas or aerenchymae)

  1. A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants.

Questions about aerenchym

What is aerenchym the dated form of?
Aerenchym is the dated form of aerenchyma.

Words near aerenchym in the dictionary

  1. aerational
  2. aerations
  3. aerator
  4. aerators
  5. aeraulic
  6. aerenchym
  7. aerenchyma
  8. aerenchymae
  9. aerenchymal
  10. aerenchymas
  11. aerenchymatic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aerenchym (page history and authors); aerenchyma (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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