meristem
See also: Meristem
English
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek μεριστός (meristós, “divided”), from μερίζω (merízō), from μέρος (méros), plus στέμμα (stémma, “wreath, garland”). First used German in 1858, by Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli (1817-1891) in his Beiträge zur Wissenschaftlichen Botanik.
Noun
meristem (plural meristems)
- (botany) The plant tissue composed of totipotent cells that allows plant growth.
Derived terms
- adaxial meristem
- apical meristem
- intercalary meristem
- lateral meristem
- meristematic, meristematically
- plate meristem
Translations
zone of active cell division
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