Meanings
- obsoleteuncountablebiologySynonym of bothrenchyma
The names of bothrenchyma and taphrenchyma have been given to a tissue composed of such cells.
1876, John Hutton Balfour, in Encyclopædia Britannica, ninth edition, volume IV, page 87/11 more example
Pitted or Dotted Vessels. — These constitute by their combination Pitted Tissue, the Porous Tissue of some authors, or the Vasiform Tissue, Bothrenchyma, Taphrenchyma of others; the two latter names being derived from Greek words signifying pits.
1870, Robert Bentley, A Manual of Botany, second edition, page 40Synonyms: bothrenchyma
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of bothrenchyma
Origin
- New Latintaphrenchyma
- Englishtaphrenchyma
From New Latin taphrenchyma.
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