spongy parenchyma
spongy parenchyma
nounDefinition of SPONGY PARENCHYMA
: a spongy layer of irregular chlorophyll-bearing cells interspersed with air spaces that fills the interior part of a leaf below the palisade layer —called also spongy layer, spongy tissue
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1884
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