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palisade layer(medicine)
palisade parenchyma(medicine)

palisade (iou)



palisade noun & verb. E17.

A. noun.
a. A fence of pales or iron railings fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defence. E17.
Independent A backyard bounded by a palisade of rusty corrugated iron.
b. A light fence or trellis on which trees or shrubs are trained; transf. a row of trees or shrubs trained on this, or forming a close hedge. M17-E18.
c. Military. A strong pointed wooden stake fixed deeply in the ground with others in a close row, as a defence. L17.
fig.
a. A thing resembling or likened to (one stake of) a fence of stakes. E17.
b. spec. In pl. A line of high cliffs, esp. (the Palisade) such a line extending about 24 km or 15 miles along the western bank of the Hudson River above New York. US. M19.
c. Biology. A region of parallel elongated cells, often at right angles to the surface of the structure of which they form part; esp. in Botany, the parenchyma immediately below the upper epidermis of most leaves. E20.
palisade cell, palisade parenchyma, palisade tissue, etc.
Comb.: palisade-worm any of various strongyles (parasitic nematodes) which infest horses.
b. verb trans. Provide, surround, or fortify with a palisade or palisades; fence in. M17.
palisading noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) a palisade, a paling; (c) Anatomy & Medicine arrangement of cells in a palisade: E18.