mesophyll

English

Etymology

From meso- +‎ -phyll.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsə(ʊ)fɪl/, /ˈmɛzə(ʊ)fɪl/, /ˈmiːsə(ʊ)fɪl/, /ˈmiːzə(ʊ)fɪl/

Noun

mesophyll (countable and uncountable, plural mesophylls)

1. (botany) The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf.

   Synonym: (obsolete) diploe

Derived terms

• mesophyllic
• palisade mesophyll

Translations

The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf

• Hungarian: táplálékkészítő alapszövet
• Irish: méisifill f
• Japanese: 葉肉 (ようにく, yōniku)
• Tagalog: gitnandahon, gitdahon

Anagrams

• phyllomes