mesophyll
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- mesophyllic adjective
- mesophyllous adjective
Etymology
Origin of mesophyll
Example Sentences
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C4 plants recruit bundle sheath cells, which normally serve as leaf vein support, to photosynthesize alongside mesophyll cells.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
Around 95% of plants use C3 photosynthesis, in which mesophyll cells -- green spongy cells that live inside leaves -- turn light, water, and carbon dioxide into plant-powering sugars.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
Other characteristic features of the SIET4 mutants were diminished roots and shoots, abnormal Si deposition in leaf mesophyll cells, and the induction of many stress response genes.
From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023
The upper part of the mesophyll is comprised of columnar cells called palisade parenchyma.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Yellow patches are formed on the large leaves of Arisarum by a species of parasitic Alga, Phyllosiphon, which lives in the mesophyll.
From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall
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