Definition of Mesophyll
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mesophyll
1.
Tissue found in the interior of leaves, made up of photosynthetic (parenchyma) cells, also called chlorenchyma cells.
Consists of relatively large, highly vacuolated cells, with many chloroplasts. Includes palisade parenchyma and spongy mesophyll.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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