SPONGY PARENCHYMA


Meaning of SPONGY PARENCHYMA in English

Bot.

the lower layer of the ground tissue of a leaf, characteristically containing irregularly shaped cells with relatively few chloroplasts and large intercellular spaces. Also called spongy mesophyll .

[ 1880-85 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .