| Pronunciation: | | 'meri`stem
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[n] undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root |
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MERISTEM is a 8 letter word that starts with M. |
| | See Also: | | plant tissue |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mer"i*stem\, n. [Gr. ? divisible.] (Bot.)
A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further
division.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Growing regions of a plant in which cells that have retained their embryonic characteristics, or reverted to them secondarily, divide to produce new cells. |
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