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meristem
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[ˈmɛrɪstɛm], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a region of plant tissue, found chiefly at the growing tips of roots and shoots and in the cambium, consisting of actively dividing cells forming new tissue
(e.g: the apical meristem of the shoot produces the embryonic seed leaves)
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Origin
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late 19th century: formed irregularly from Greek meristos ‘divisible’, from merizein ‘divide into parts’, from meros ‘part’. The suffix -em is on the pattern of words such as xylem
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