Meaning of bothrenchyma | Babel Free

Definitions

Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood.

obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“Sect. II. — Of Pitted Tissue, or Bothrenchym.* * Βοθρος, a little pit.”

“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.”

“The names of bothrenchyma and taphrenchyma have been given to a tissue composed of such cells.”

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