PARENCHYMA as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels
   Hypernyms(s) parenchyma is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • animal tissue (what does animal tissue mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature
   • constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems
   Hypernyms(s) parenchyma is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • plant tissue (what does plant tissue mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • chlorenchyma (what does chlorenchyma mean?)