Definition of Meristem
1. Noun. Undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root.
Definition of Meristem
1. n. A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further division.
Definition of Meristem
1. formative plant tissue [n -S]
Medical Definition of Meristem
1.
Group of actively dividing plant cells, found as apical meristems at the tips of roots and shoots and as lateral meristems in vascular tissue (vascular cambium) and in cork tissue (phellogen).
Also found in young leaves and at the bases of internodes in grasses. Consists of small nonphotosynthetic cells, with primary walls and relatively little vacuole.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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