palisade

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[edit] Etymology

French palissade, from Old French, from Old Provençal palissada, from palissa, stake rom Fr. palissade, from Prov. palissada, from palissa "a stake or paling," from Gallo-Romance *palicea, from L. palus "stake"

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

[edit] Noun

palisade (plural palisades)

1. A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier
2. A line of cliffs
3. (biology) An even row of cells. eg: palisade mesophyll cells.

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