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mesophyllous

Variant of mesophyll

noun

the soft tissue (green parenchyma) inside a leaf, between the lower epidermis and the upper, chiefly concerned in photosynthesis

Origin: < ModL mesophyllum: see meso- & -phyll

Related Forms:

mesophyllic adjective or mesophyllous

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