Bot. Also in anglicized form cylindrenchym. [f. Gr. κύλινδρ-ος CYLINDER + ἔγχυμα infusion.] Tissue consisting of cylindrical cells.
1835. Lindley, Introd. Bot. (1848), II. 149. The cylindrenchym of the stigma.
1866. Treas. Bot., Cylindrenchyma, cylindrical cellular tissue, such as that of Confervæ, of many hairs, etc.