palisade layer
noun
: 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
Word History
First Known Use
1886, in the meaning defined above
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