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Cells > Mesophyll Cells

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Mesophyll Cells  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Large and highly vacuolated cells possessing many chloroplasts occuring in the interior cross-section of leaves, juxtaposed between the epidermal layers. Upper layer of columnar elongated cells beneath and perpendicular to the upper epidermis and constituting the primary area of photosynthesis. Irregular chlorophyll-bearing mesophyll cells interspersed with air spaces.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-D9DH3508-T

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