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parenchymous

parenchymous is the alternative form of parenchymatous.

Meaning of parenchymatous

Adjective

parenchymatous (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of or pertaining to parenchyma; parenchymal.
  2. Consisting of or relating to the cellular tissue making up the softer parts of leaves, pulp of fruits, bark and pith of stems, etc.
    • The great fertility of the Cotton-plant in these fine flexile threads, whilst those from Flax, Hemp, and Nettles, or from the bark of the Mulberry-tree, require a previous putrefaction of the parenchymatous substance, and much mechanical labour, and afterwards bleaching, renders this plant of great...1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 57
  3. Affecting the parenchyma.

Forms of parenchymous

comparativemore parenchymous
superlativemost parenchymous

Questions about parenchymous

What is parenchymous the alternative form of?
Parenchymous is the alternative form of parenchymatous.

Words near parenchymous in the dictionary

  1. parenchymatous
  2. parenchymatously
  3. parenchyme
  4. parenchymella
  5. parenchymes
  6. parenchymous
  7. parenchyms
  8. parenclitic
  9. pareneses
  10. parenesis
  11. parenetic

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