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noun - undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root
The undifferentiated plant tissue from which new cells are formed, as that at the tip of a stem or root.
noun - formative plant tissue
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| Farmer is temporarily bagging growing plant material |
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| Dec 1 2013 The Times - Cryptic |
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| The undifferentiated plant tissue from which new cells are formed, as that at the tip of a stem or root. |
| undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root |
| a type of tissue with cells that divide, found in the parts of plants where growth happens |
| 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. |
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A meristem is the tissue in most plants containing undifferentiated cells (meristematic cells), found in zones of the plant where growth can take place. Meristematic cells give rise to various organs of a plant and are responsible for growth. * Differentiated plant cells generally cannot divide or produce cells of a different type. Meristematic cells are incompletely or not at all differentiated, and are capable of continued cellular division. Therefore, cell division in the meristem is required to provide new cells for expansion and differentiation of tissues and initiation of new organs, providing the basic structure of the plant body. Furthermore, the cells are small and protoplasm fills the cell completely. The vacuoles are extremely small. The cytoplasm does not contain differentiated plastids (chloroplasts or chromoplasts), although they are present in rudimentary form (proplastids). Meristematic cells are packed closely together without intercellular cavities. The cell wall is a v |