Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PA-REN'CHY-MA, n. [Gr. παρεγχυμα, from παρεγχυω, to suffuse.]

1. In anatomy, the solid and interior part of the viscera, or the substance contained in the interstices between the blood-vessels of the viscera; a spongy substance. – Coxe. Encyc. Parenchyma is the substance or basis of the glands. – Cyc.
2. In botany, the pith or pulp of plants. – Encyc.