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Collenchyma

Collenchyma \Col*len"chy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + ? an infusion. Formed like parenchyma.] (Bot.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.

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collenchyma

n. (context biology English) A supporting ground tissue just under the surface of various leaf structures formed before vascular differentiation.