# mesenchyme

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. That part of the mesoderm of an embryo that develops into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, etc

## Etymology
Late 19th c.: from meso- (“cellular tissue”) + -enchyme (from parenchyma).

## Source
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