Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

parenchyma

parenchyma (pȧ*ren"ki*mȧ) , noun

[New Latin, from Greek pare`gchyma, from paregchei^n to pour in beside; para` beside + 'en in + chei^n to pour: compare French parenchyme.]

(Biology) The soft cellular substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, the soft tissue of glands, and the like.