meristematicadj.
/ˌmɛrᵻstəˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmɛrəstəˈmædɪk/ Botany.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of a meristem.
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1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 18 The meristematic cells of Phanerogams.
1894 F. W. Oliver et al. tr. A. Kerner von Marilaun Nat. Hist. Plants I. 582 The groups of constructive, dividing, and changing cells, the so-called meristematic tissue [Ger. Bildungsgewebe].
1909 A. F. M. Johnson Textbk. Bot. for Students viii. 115 Sometimes the cells of a permanent tissue regain their power of cell division, that is, they become meristematic.
1952 G. H. Bourne Cytol. & Cell Physiol. (ed. 2) v. 192 Egg cells, meristematic cells in root tips, and imaginal disk cells in insects were all shown to contain cytoplasmic nucleotides.
1990 Forestry 63 12 It is assumed..that changes in mitotic index reflect changes in numbers of cell divisions in the apex..and hence in the rate of meristematic activity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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