Meristem

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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