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colenchyma

colenchyma is the alternative form of collenchyma.

Meaning of collenchyma

Noun

collenchyma (countable and uncountable, plural collenchymas or collenchymata)

  1. A living, elongated, mechanical and flexible ground tissue with angular pectin depositions; present just under leaves, tendrils and stems of climbers; formed before vascular differentiation.

Questions about colenchyma

What is colenchyma the alternative form of?
Colenchyma is the alternative form of collenchyma.

Words near colenchyma in the dictionary

  1. colemanites
  2. colembolan
  3. colembolans
  4. colemouse
  5. Colen
  6. colenchyma
  7. Colene
  8. Colens
  9. Colenso
  10. colenterazine
  11. coleoid

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