Pinenchyma

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

  Pinenchyma \Pi*nen"chy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pi`nax a tablet +
     -enchyma, as in parenchyma.] (Bot.)
     Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the
     cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis.
     [1913 Webster]