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Definition of mesophyll noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mesophyll

noun

/ˈmezəfɪl/,

/ˈmiːzəfɪl/

/ˈmezəfɪl/,

/ˈmiːzəfɪl/

[uncountable] (biology)

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the material that the inside of a leaf is made of
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from meso- ‘middle’ + Greek phullon ‘leaf’.

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