1. of, relating to, or composed of collenchyma (a plant tissue consisting of living cells with thickened walls that provides support and flexibility to growing plant parts)
Usage: botanical/technical term; commonly used in plant anatomy and botany

Examples

• The collenchymatous tissue in the petiole provides structural support while allowing the leaf to bend in the wind.
• Stems of herbaceous plants often contain collenchymatous cells beneath the epidermis.
• The collenchymatous layer gives flexibility to young plant shoots.
• Botanists identified collenchymatous tissue in cross-sections of the celery stalk.
• The collenchymatous cells have unevenly thickened walls that distinguish them from sclerenchyma.