palisade

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EtymologyEdit

From French palissade, from Old French, from Old Provençal palissada, from palissa (“stake”), from Gallo-Romance *pālīcea, from Latin pālus (“stake”).

PronunciationEdit

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

NounEdit

palisade (plural palisades)

1. A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
2. A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier
3. A line of cliffs
4. (biology) An even row of cells. e.g.: palisade mesophyll cells.

Derived termsEdit

• palisade worm

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VerbEdit

palisade (third-person singular simple present palisades, present participle palisading, simple past and past participle palisaded)

1. (transitive, usually in the passive) To equip with a palisade.