meristem

2 definitions found

meristem - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Meristem \Mer"i*stem\, n. [Gr. ? divisible.] (Bot.)
     A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further
     division.
     [1913 Webster]

meristem - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  meristem
      n 1: undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as
           at the tip of a stem or root