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palisade parenchyma

noun

, Botany.
  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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of palisade parenchyma1

First recorded in 1880–85

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