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aerenchyma

aerenchyma noun: a spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants.

Noun

aerenchyma (countable and uncountable, plural aerenchymas or aerenchymae)

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

aerenchyma meaning in Tamil

aerenchyma in Tamil

ஏரங்கைமா, காற்றுக்கலவிழையம், காற்றுத்திசு

Forms of aerenchyma

pluralaerenchymas
pluralaerenchymae
alternative formaerenchyme
alternative form (dated)aerenchym

Origin of aerenchyma

From Latin āēr (“air”) + -enchyma.

Words formed from aerenchyma

Questions about aerenchyma

What does aerenchyma mean?
Aerenchyma means a spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants.
What is aerenchyma in Tamil?
Aerenchyma in Tamil is ஏரங்கைமா, காற்றுக்கலவிழையம், காற்றுத்திசு. See Aerenchyma meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aerenchyma?
Aerenchyma is a noun.
What is the plural of aerenchyma?
The plural of aerenchyma is aerenchymas.

Words near aerenchyma in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aerenchyma (page history and authors); aerenchyma (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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