Canadian Medical Guide > Organisms > Plants > Plant Components > Plant Components, Aerial > Plant Shoots > Meristem Terms and Definitions
Meristem
Medical Definition: | A group of plant cells that are capable of dividing infinitely and whose main function is the production of new growth at the growing tip of a root or stem. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990) |
Guide Notes: | coord with specific plant |
Also Called: | Root Tip |
Previously Indexed: | Plants (1966-1994) |
Meristem Medical Definitions and Terms
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