Sphaerenchyma

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

  Sphaerenchyma \Sphae*ren"chy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? sphere +
     -enchyma as in parenchima.] (Bot.)
     Vegetable tissue composed of thin-walled rounded cells, -- a
     modification of parenchyma.
     [1913 Webster]