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English → English (gcide) Definition: Palisade worm Palisade \Pal`i*sade"\, n. [F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It. palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake, pale. See Pale a stake.] 1. (Fort.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense. [1913 Webster] 2. Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes. [1913 Webster] 3. A line of bold cliffs, esp. one showing basaltic columns; -- usually in pl., and orig. used as the name of the cliffs on the west bank of the lower Hudson. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Palisade cells (Bot.), vertically elongated parenchyma cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper surface of many leaves. Palisade worm (Zo["o]l.), a nematoid worm (Strongylus armatus ), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms, often fatal. [1913 Webster]