— pseudoparenchymal, pseudoparenchymatous /sooh'doh par'euhng kim"euh teuhs/ , adj.
/sooh'doh peuh reng"keuh meuh/ , n. Biol.
(in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
[ 1870-75; PSEUDO- + PARENCHYMA ]