Pleurenchyma

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

  Pleurenchyma \Pleu*ren"chy*ma\, n. [Gr. ? side + ?, as in
     parenchyma.] (Bot.)
     A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of
     which wood is mainly composed.
     [1913 Webster]