Meristem

[meristem]

Definition

(noun.) undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root.

Editor: Lyle--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further division.

Edited by Hamilton

Definition

n. the formative tissue of plants distinguished from the permanent tissues by the power its cells have of dividing and forming new cells.—adj. Meristemat′ic.

Typed by Carla