Collenchyma

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Collenchyma \Col*len"chy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + ?
     an infusion. Formed like parenchyma.] (Bot.)
     A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles
     and (usually) elongated.
     [1913 Webster]