palisade parenchyma

noun Botany.

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.

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Also called palisade, palisade mesophyll.

Origin:
1880–85

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