bothrenchymatous

From bothrenchyma (oblique stem: bothrenchymat-) +‎ -ous.

• enPR: bŏthrĕngkĭmʹətəs, IPA^(key): /bɒθɹɛŋˈkɪmətəs/

bothrenchymatous (not comparable)

1. (botany, obsolete) Consisting of bothrenchyma.
   • 1848, John Lindley, An Introduction to Botany, fourth edition, volume I, page 184:

     In the Cane, on the contrary, neither bark, nor pith, nor wood, nor medullary rays, are distinguishable; but the transverse section exhibits a larger number of holes irregularly arranged, and caused by the section of bothrenchymatous and vascular tissue, and of the mass of woody and cellular substance in which they lie imbedded.

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Bothrenchymatous, a.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1013, column 3.