aerenchyma
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0005702
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: portion of aerenchyma tissue
- exact: aerénquima (Spanish)
- exact: 通気組織 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of parenchyma tissue containing particularly large intercellular spaces of schizogenous or lysigenous origin. [source: GR:Pankaj_Jaiswal, ISBN:0080374913]
- Comment
- As applied to an intercellular space, originating by one or a combination of two processes, separation and degradation of cell walls.
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