meristems meaning
[Medicine]
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)
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)
Examples
More: Next- these two growth processes involve different meristems.
- cells of the procambium and ground meristem are more vacuolated than those of the protoderm.
- the epidermis arises from the tunica meristem
- after all, no one meristems ugly plants
- studies on taro colocasia esculenta meristem tip culture
