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meristem

[ UK /mˈɛɹɪstəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root

How To Use meristem In A Sentence

  • Companion cell An elongated thin walled cell cut off longitudinally from the same meristematic cell as the SIEVE ELEMENT with which it is closely associated.
  • When the seeds sprout, some individuals produce annularly inflated hair zones above early initial roots near root tip meristematic zones.
  • Leaves communicate photoperiodic signals to meristems, stolons and buds in flowering, tuberization and dormancy.
  • Leaves communicate photoperiodic signals to meristems, stolons and buds in flowering, tuberization and dormancy.
  • Leaves in vascular plants are produced by determinate growth on the flanks of indeterminate shoot apical meristems.
  • Since leaf bases provide insulating protection to the apical meristem, this is one reason to not overtrim palms at any time of the year. Naplesnews.com Stories
  • The flower meristems are produced acropetally by the inflorescence meristem and are subtended by bracts.
  • The reproductive shoot apex contains the indeterminate, primary inflorescence meristem that produces the main inflorescence axis of the plant.
  • Thus, significant inflorescence and floral meristem activity is restored to stm null mutant plants in the absence of ULT1 function.
  • In each bundle, separating the xylem and phloem, is a layer of meristem or active formative tissue, known as cambium; by the formation of a layer of cambium between the bundles Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
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