meristem
/ˈmerɪstem/noun
- Botany a region of plant tissue, found chiefly at the growing tips of roots and shoots and in the cambium, consisting of actively dividing cells forming new tissue【植】分生组织。
派生词
meristematic
/ˌmerɪstəˈmætɪk/ adjective词源
late 19th cent.: formed irregularly from Greek meristos 'divisible'， from merizein 'divide into parts'， from meros 'part'. The suffix -em is on the pattern of words such as xylem.