prosenchyma

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προς (pros, “near”) +‎ -enchyma.

Noun

prosenchyma (uncountable)

(botany) The tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, such as the principal cells of ordinary wood.

Translations

the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities

Greek: προσέγχυμα (el) n (prosénchyma)
Tagalog: kasihayan

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “prosenchyma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)