Parenchyma cells

Parenchyma cells have a variety of functions;
photosynthesis (may then be called Chlorenchyma /Mesophyll cells),
gas exchange (Aerenchyma),
storage,
secretion (e.g. Epithelial cells lining the inside of resin ducts)
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parenchyma cells
A relatively unspecialized plant cell type that carries on most of the metabolism synthesizes and stores organic products, and develops into more differentiated cell types.
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Layers of parenchyma cells. These store food (as they do in the root). In the very young stem (before cork has formed), they may have chloroplasts and carry on photosynthesis.
Cork cambium.
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A tissue of mostly parenchyma cells that makes up the bulk of a young plant and fills the space between the dermal and vascular tissue systems.
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palisade parenchyma Parenchyma cells in the leaf mesophyll characterized by uniform rows of tightly packed cells with many chloroplasts beneath the upper epidermis.
pallium Mantle of a mollusc or brachiopod.
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A generalized plant cell type, parenchyma cells are alive at maturity. They function in storage, photosynthesis, and as the bulk of ground and vascular tissues.
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