meristematicallyadv.
/ˌmɛrᵻstəˈmatᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈˌmɛrəstəˈmædək(ə)li/ Botany.
In the manner of a meristem; by means of meristematic cell division.
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1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi v. 229 A piece of the hypha..swells in the same way as when a perithecium begins to be formed, and its cells divide at the same time meristematically.
1937 Cytologia 8 260 Only one meristematically active root tip of S[pinacia] tetandra is here considered.
1995 Ecology 76 1678/2 The aggregation of chitons and their meristematically altered burrows within the coralline algae provide essential refuge habitat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1887- attachment parent
- attachment parenting
- attachment pattern
- attachment pin
- attachment theory
- attachments
- attaché
- attaché case
- attachéship
- attack
- attack a skirmish
- attack ad
- attack alarm
- attack bomber
- attack code
- attack division
- attack dog
- attack field
- attack formation
- attack is the best form of defence
- attack of nerves
- attack order
- attack practice
- attack rate
- attackable