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1. (n.) meristem
embryonic tissue in plants; undifferentiated, growing, actively dividing cells.
Etymology: (1870–75; < Gk merist(ós) divided, distributed +-em < Gk -ēma)
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1. (noun) meristem
undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root
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1. (noun) meristem
a tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further division
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1. meristem
A group of plant cells that are capable of dividing infinitely and whose main function is the production of new growth at the growing tip of a root or stem. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)
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