cinenchyma Bot.
(sɪˈnɛŋkɪmə)
Also cinenchym.
[f. Gr. κῑν-εῖν to move + ἔγχῠµα infusion, after parenchyma, etc.]
Laticiferous tissue; tissue forming vessels containing latex or milky juice.
| 1835 Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 21 Laticiferous tissue, or Cinenchym. 1876 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 9) IV. 87/2 The latex exhibits movements which have given origin to the name cinenchyma applied to laticiferous tissue by some authors. |
Hence cinenˈchymatous (-ˈkɪmətəs), a., belonging to the cinenchyma.
| 1835 Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 331 The cinenchymatous vessels, in which..cyclosis goes on. |