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Parenchyma vs Synapomorphy - What's the difference?

parenchyma | synapomorphy |

As nouns the difference between parenchyma and synapomorphy

is that parenchyma is the functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue while synapomorphy is a derived trait that is shared by two or more taxa of shared ancestry.

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

    synapomorphy

    English

    Noun

    (synapomorphies)
  • (cladistics) A derived trait that is shared by two or more taxa of shared ancestry

    • Antonyms

    * (derived trait that is shared) plesiomorphy

    Derived terms

    * synapomorphic

    See also

    *autapomorphy