Meristem Definition
mĕrĭ-stĕm
meristems
noun
Undifferentiated plant tissue, as the growing tips of roots and stems, the cambium, etc., consisting of actively growing and dividing cells that give rise to various permanent tissues.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Meristem
Noun
Singular:
meristem
Plural:
meristemsOrigin of Meristem
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Greek meristos divided (from merizein to divide) (from meris division (s)mer-2 in Indo-European roots) -em (as in xylem) (phloem)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From the Ancient Greek μεριστός (meristos, “divided"). First used German in 1858, by Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli (1817-1891) in his Beiträge zur Wissenschaftlichen Botanik.
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