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What does parenchyma mean?

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  1. (anatomy) The functional or specialized tissue of an organ, as opposed to stroma or connective tissue. [from 16th c.]
  2. (botany) The ground tissue making up most of the non-woody parts of a plant. [from 17th c.]
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A close-up reveals the alternating areas of sclerosis and retained hepatic parenchyma in this nutmeg liver.
Thus, elements of the guard cell's response to stress are present in mesophyll and xylem parenchyma cells.
The tumor, which is often but not always associated with cystic lung lesions, may arise in pulmonary parenchyma, the mediastinum, and pleura.
Droplets of extractives only appeared in the inner ring of sapwood in some cells of the ray parenchyma as small refringent bodies.
The secondary parenchyma produced by the successive cambia is not lignified and serves as a starch storage tissue.
There are large intercellular spaces between the irregular cells, and the parenchyma looks like aerenchyma.

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