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mesophyll

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mesophyll [′mezĀ·ə‚fil]
(botany)
Parenchymatous tissue between the upper and lower epidermal layers in foliage leaves.


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It was mesophyllic, an adjective derived from the word mesophyll referring to the tissues of a leaf that are located in between the layers of epidermis and carry on photosynthesis, according to an online dictionary.
Detailed electronic circuit models of the leaf hydraulic architecture as a network of resistors with distinct resistivity for mesophyll cells and veins of different conductivity have been studied [72] to understand leaf hydraulic design.
Opuntia, which is modified stem, act as a leaf, because leaf of Opuntia modified in spines, therefore here consider it as a succulent leaf, containing mesophyll cells and organic acids while Yucca-aloifolia leaf is non-succulent containing palisade type cells.
 
 
 
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