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bothrenchyma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• bŏthrĕngʹkĭmə
• /bɒθˈɹɛŋkɪmə/

Etymology

A compound of the Ancient Greek words βόθρος (bóthros, “pit”) + ἔγχῠμᾰ (énkhŭmă, “infusion”), whence enchyma and -enchyma. Compare parenchyma.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, uncountable) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood.
   • 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 87/1:
   • Sect. II. — Of Pitted Tissue, or Bothrenchym.* * Βοθρος, a little pit. 1848, John Lindley, An Introduction to Botany, fourth edition, volume I, page 56:
   • 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 40:

Forms

Deriveds

bothrenchymatous

Synonyms

taphrenchyma