A type of plant tissue composed of elongated, cone-shaped cells that lack protoplasm, found in certain plant structures and fungal tissues.
From 'cone' plus 'enchyma' (from Greek 'en' meaning 'in' and 'chyma' meaning 'infusion'), referring to tissue composed of cone-shaped cells.
Conenchyma tissue is particularly common in fungi like puffballs—those empty cone-shaped cells help the organism release spores efficiently when the wind hits it just right.
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