2. Adjective. (ecology) Of or pertaining to mesophily ¹
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Definition of Mesophyllic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesophyllic
Literary usage of Mesophyllic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... of the chromato- phor in Spirogyra and also the extraordinary quantities of
potassium held in or on the inclusions in the mesophyllic cells of leaves. ..."
2. British Fresh-water Algae, Exclusive of Desmidieae and Diatomaceae by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1882)
"... proceeds as far as the mesophyllic parenchyma, growing into the intercellular
spaces, and forms either a globose, elongated, or irregular-shaped cell. ..."