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A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.

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  1. n. A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.
  2. n. An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.
  3. 1. (Bot.) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma. 2. (Zoöl.) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.
  4. A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, andperforming the physiological function of strengthening the epidermaltissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.
  5. n in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies