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Definition of Meristematic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Meristematic
1. Pertaining (in fungi) to an area (meristem) of the hyphae or of other specialised structures from which new growth occurs. Origin: G. Merisein, to divide (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meristematic
Literary usage of Meristematic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"325), remain meristematic ; divisions by means of tangential walls Гц*. 194. ...
The meristematic annular zone, which is thus formed from the bundles, ..."
2. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"and layers of variously shaped formative cells, which at first retain the general
characters of meristematic cells (Figs. 100, 102, 157). ..."
3. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"In roots, the meristematic tip region and vascular tissues stained intensively.
Selected transformants were grown up to maturity, and second-generation ..."
4. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"As a general rule these meristematic cells are without large vacuoles or other
conspicuous products of differentiation, and are separated by no ..."
5. Text-book of Botany and Pharmacognosy by Henry Kraemer (1908)
"With the growth in thickness of the stems and roots of Dicotyledons other
meristematic cells known as SECONDARY MERISTEMS arise. These arc of two kinds: (i) ..."
6. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"The vascular bundles are developed from strands of meristematic tissue which are
called PRO- CAMBIUM STRANDS. In those portions of plants which still retain ..."
7. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"It may be that the very slow aging of the meristematic tissues of plants, as
compared with that of cells which cease to divide, is associated with the ..."