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单词 palisade
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palisade

[ pal-uh-seyd ]
/ ˌpæl əˈseɪd /
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noun

a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
any of a number of pales or stakes pointed at the top and set firmly in the ground in a close row with others to form a defense.
Botany. palisade parenchyma.
palisades, a line of cliffs.

verb (used with object), pal·i·sad·ed, pal·i·sad·ing.

to furnish or fortify with a palisade.

Origin of palisade

1590–1600; <French palissade<Old Provençal palissada, equivalent to paliss(a) paling (derivative of pal stake, pale2) + -ada-ade1

OTHER WORDS FROM palisade

un·pal·i·sad·ed, adjective

Words nearby palisade

palingenesist, palinka, palinode, palinopsia, paliphrasia, palisade, palisade cell, palisade layer, palisade parenchyma, Palisades, Palisades Park
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British Dictionary definitions for palisade

palisade
/ (ˌpælɪˈseɪd) /

noun

a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground, esp for defence
one of the stakes used in such a fence
botany a layer of elongated mesophyll cells containing many chloroplasts, situated below the outer epidermis of a leaf blade

verb

(tr) to enclose with a palisade

Word Origin for palisade

C17: via French, from Old Provençal palissada, ultimately from Latin pālus stake; see pale ², pole 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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