Chlorenchyma Definition

klə-rĕngkə-mə
noun
Plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chloroplasts.
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Origin of Chlorenchyma

  • From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōros, “green") (in reference to chloroplast) + -enchyma.

    From Wiktionary

  • chlor(ophyll) –enchyma

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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