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Definition of: prosenchyma
(pros·eng′ki·mə) noun Bot.
Plant tissue composed of elongated, pointed, typically thick-walled cells, as distinguished from the parenchyma. [<NL <Gk. pros- toward, near + enchyma an infusion. See ENCHYMA]
—pros·en·chym·a·tous (pros′eng·kim′ə·təs) adjective
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