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Parenchyma vs Skeletonizer - What's the difference?

parenchyma | skeletonizer |

As nouns the difference between parenchyma and skeletonizer

is that parenchyma is the functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue while skeletonizer is (zoology) any moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton behind.

parenchyma

English

(wikipedia parenchyma)

Noun

  • The functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue.
  • (botany) The ground tissue making up most of the non-woody parts of a plant.

    • Coordinate terms

    *chlorenchyma *collenchyma *merenchyma *sclerenchyma

    Derived terms

    *parenchymatous

    skeletonizer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton behind.
    • the apple-leaf skeletonizer
    (Webster 1913)