meristem
meristem noun: the plant tissue composed of totipotent cells that allows plant growth.
Noun
meristem (plural meristems)
- The plant tissue composed of totipotent cells that allows plant growth.
- By looking back at a past populated by beings of grotesque difference, humans could place themselves at the apical meristem—the growing tip—of the future.2020, Janet Chernela, quotee, “Life Finds A Way”, in Jonathan Elmore, editor, Fiction and the Sixth Mass Extinction, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN
meristem meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Persian
meristem in Tamil
- ஆக்கத் திசு, ஆக்குத் திசு, பிரியிழையம்
meristem in Tagalog
- zone of active cell division
- hatianan
meristem in Persian
- zone of active cell division
- مریستم merīstem, سرلاد sarlād
Forms of meristem
| plural | meristems |
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Origin of meristem
From German Meristem, from Ancient Greek μεριστός (meristós, “divided”), from μερίζω (merízō), from μέρος (méros) + στέμμα (stémma, “wreath, garland”). First used in 1858 by Swiss botanist Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli (1817–1891).
Words formed from meristem
Questions about meristem
- What does meristem mean?
- Meristem means the plant tissue composed of totipotent cells that allows plant growth.
- What is meristem in Tamil?
- Meristem in Tamil is ஆக்கத் திசு, ஆக்குத் திசு, பிரியிழையம். See Meristem meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is meristem?
- Meristem is a noun.
- What is the plural of meristem?
- The plural of meristem is meristems.
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