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Word: Meristem
Speech Type: Noun
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
ˈmɛrɪstɛm
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
Short Definition:region of plant tissue, found chiefly at growing tips of roots and shoots and in cambium
Examples:- the apical meristem of the shoot produces the embryonic seed leaves
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