palisade layer
palisade layer
nounDefinition of PALISADE LAYER
: a layer of columnar cells rich in chloroplasts found beneath the upper epidermis of foliage leaves —called also palisade mesophyll, palisade parenchyma, palisade tissue — compare spongy parenchyma
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1914
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