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MERISTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does meristem mean?
• MERISTEM (noun)
The noun MERISTEM has 1 sense:
1. undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root
Familiarity information: MERISTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("meristem" is a kind of...):
plant tissue (the tissue of a plant)
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