palisade parenchyma


nounBotany.
  1. the upper layer of ground tissue in a leaf, consisting of elongated cells beneath and perpendicular to the upper epidermis and constituting the primary area of photosynthesis.

Origin of palisade parenchyma

1
First recorded in 1880–85
  • Also called palisade, palisade mesophyll.

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