bothrenchymatous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- bŏthrĕngkĭmʹətəs
- /bɒθɹɛŋˈkɪmətəs/
Etymology
From bothrenchyma (oblique stem: bothrenchymat-) + -ous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Consisting of bothrenchyma.
In the Cane, on the contrary, neither bark, nor pith, nor wood, nor medullary rays, are distinguishable; but the transverse section exhibits a larger number of holes irregularly arranged, and caused by the section of bothrenchymatous and vascular tissue, and of the mass of woody and cellular substance in which they lie imbedded.
1848, John Lindley, An Introduction to Botany, fourth edition, volume I, page 184: