mesophyllum

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See meso- (“middle”) and phyllo- (“leaf”).

Noun[edit]

mesophyllum (plural mesophylla)

(botany) The parenchyma of a leaf between the skin of the two surfaces^[1]

References[edit]

^ 1858, Asa Gray, How Plants Grow: A Simple Introduction to Structural Botany

“mesophyllum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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