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meristem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
meris-tem
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The plant tissue composed of totipotent cells that allows plant growth.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From German Meristem, from Ancient Greek μεριστός (meristós, “divided”), from μερίζω (merízō), from μέρος (méros) + στέμμα (stémma, “wreath, garland”). First used in 1858 by Swiss botanist Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli (1817–1891).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Meristem, μεριστός

Inflected Forms

meristems (plural)

Derived Forms

en meristematic meristematically meristemic meristemless meristemoid promeristem

Phrases

adaxial meristem apical meristem file meristem intercalary meristem lateral meristem mass meristem plate meristem rib meristem

Frequently Paired Words

cambium

Questions

What does meristem mean?
The plant tissue composed of totipotent cells that allows plant growth.
Where does meristem come from?
It is traced to German.

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