Relating to organisms or structures that contain chyle (nutrient-rich liquid) within them, particularly used in botanical contexts.
From endo- + chyl- (from Greek chylos, 'juice') + -ous (adjective suffix). The term applies to structures that store or contain nutritive juices internally.
The word 'chyle' describes the milky fluid created by your digestive system after eating fatty foods—it's technically a lymphatic fluid, and 'endochylous' describes anything containing such nutrient-rich juices.
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