Prosenchyma

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

  Prosenchyma \Pros*en"chy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? near +
     -enchyma, as in parenchyma.] (Bot.)
     A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated
     cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities,
     as the principal cells of ordinary wood.
     [1913 Webster]