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Definition of Palisade
1. Verb. Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
Generic synonyms: Protect
Specialized synonyms: Stockade, Circumvallate
Derivative terms: Fence, Surround, Wall, Wall, Wall
Also: Wall In, Wall Up
2. Noun. Fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground.
Definition of Palisade
1. n. A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense.
2. v. t. To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.
3. n. A line of bold cliffs, esp. one showing basaltic columns; -- usually in pl., and orig. used as the name of the cliffs on the west bank of the lower Hudson.
Definition of Palisade
1. Noun. A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier ¹
2. Noun. A line of cliffs ¹
3. Noun. (biology) An even row of cells. e.g.: palisade mesophyll cells. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive usually in the passive) To equip with a palisade. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palisade
1. to fortify with a heavy fence [v -SADED, -SADING, -SADES]
Medical Definition of Palisade
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1. A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense.
2. Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palisade
Literary usage of Palisade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1895)
"Figure 14. plate, ix In this species "palisade" cells appear different in the
... In the angles the '' palisade " cells are much reduced, being nearly round ..."
2. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1910)
"Diagram to show the activities going on in a palisade cell. ... Most of the work
of food-construction is done in the palisade cells, since they occupy the ..."
3. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"MESOPHYLL, palisade AND SPONGY TISSUES 3. The influence of the surrounding medium
on the structure of the leaf (ie the bifacial (dorsiventral) or centric ..."
4. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"palisade cells over 60 p high; column cells thick-walled with small crystals
Spanish Bean (P. ... + + palisade cells with rounded or pointed outer ends. 8. ..."
5. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"Tangential section through palisade portion beyond gill salients, that is, toward
margin of pileus; by their radial or centrifugal growth gill salients ..."
6. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"The green cells lying under the epidermis are palisade-shaped, ... These cells,
poor in chlorophyll, therefore connect the palisade-cells with the ..."
7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1915)
"The elements of the palisade layer increase by interstitial growth, ie, by new
branches ... At the same time the elongate cells composing the palisade layer ..."
8. Hittell's Hand-book of Pacific Coast Travel by John Shertzer Hittell (1885)
"palisade to Battle Mountain.—Below Carlin the track enters the 12-mile, ...
In this canyon is the palisade Station, where the narrow-gauge railway, ..."
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