Bot. Also bothrenchym. [f. Gr. βόθρ-ος pit + ἔγχῠνα infusion: cf. PARENCHYMA.] Pitted tissue; tissue consisting of pitted vessels. Hence Bothrenchymatous a.
1835. Lindley, Introd. Bot. (1848), I. 56. Pitted Tissue, or Bothrenchym. Ibid., 184. Bothrenchymatous and vascular tissue.
1870. Bentley, Bot., 40. Pitted or Dotted Vessels constitute by their combination Pitted Tissue … Bothrenchyma.
