palisade : Idioms & Phrases


Palisade cells

  • (Bot.), vertically elongated parenchyma cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper surface of many leaves.
Webster 1913

Palisade worm

  • (Zoöl.), a nematoid worm (Strongylus armatus), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms, often fatal.
Webster 1913