Palisade (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
  2. any of a number of pales or stakes pointed at the top and set firmly in the ground in a close row with others to form a defense.
  3. palisade parenchyma.
  4. a line of cliffs.
verb (used with object), pal·i·sad·ed, pal·i·sad·ing.
  1. to furnish or fortify with a palisade.
noun
  1. a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground, esp for defence
  2. one of the stakes used in such a fence
  3. a layer of elongated mesophyll cells containing many chloroplasts, situated below the outer epidermis of a leaf blade
verb
  1. to enclose with a palisade
Palisade (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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