pseudoparenchyma

[soo-doh-puh-reng-kuh-muh]

noun

Biology.

1. (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.

Other Word Forms

• pseudoparenchymal adjective
• pseudoparenchymatous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pseudoparenchyma¹

First recorded in 1870–75; pseudo- + parenchyma

Example Sentences

They also undergo cutting up by numerous septa into short cells, and these often divide again in all planes, so that a pseudoparenchyma results, the walls of which may be thickened and swollen internally, or hardened and black on the exterior.

From Project Gutenberg