Medical Definition of Palisade parenchyma
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Tissue found in the upper layers of the leaf mesophyll, consisting of regularly shaped, elongated parenchyma cells, orientated perpendicular to the leaf surface, which are active in photosynthesis.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palisade Parenchyma
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