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mesophyll

  • noun
  • /ˈmɛsə(ʊ)fɪl/

The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf.

Other meanings

  1. A leaf of middling size, between macrophyll and microphyll.

Related words

  • mesophyllic
  • palisade mesophyll

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “mesophyll” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.