growing point

noun Botany.

the undifferentiated end of a root, shoot, or vegetative axis consisting of a single cell or group of cells that divide to form primary meristematic tissue.

Origin of growing point

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby growing point

grower, growing, growing degree-day, growing-equity mortgage, growing pains, growing point, grow into, growl, growler, grow light, growly

Example sentences from the Web for growing point

Man is, as it were, the growing-point of that progressive life.
Parallel Paths|Thomas William Rolleston
Seed is obtained by cutting old potatoes in pieces, each piece having an "eye" or growing-point.
ABC of Vegetable Gardening|Eben Eugene Rexford
These forming roots might also be marked very early, and so be shown to carry onward their root-cap on the growing-point.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf|Jane H. Newell
Yet, if we cannot know this first growing-point of our individual life, it may be useful to inquire what can we know about it?
The Philosophy of Natural Theology|William Jackson

单词	growing point
释义	growing point noun Botany. the undifferentiated end of a root, shoot, or vegetative axis consisting of a single cell or group of cells that divide to form primary meristematic tissue. Origin of growing point First recorded in 1825–35 Words nearby growing point grower, growing, growing degree-day, growing-equity mortgage, growing pains, growing point, grow into, growl, growler, grow light, growly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for growing point Man is, as it were, the growing-point of that progressive life. Parallel Paths\|Thomas William Rolleston Seed is obtained by cutting old potatoes in pieces, each piece having an "eye" or growing-point. ABC of Vegetable Gardening\|Eben Eugene Rexford These forming roots might also be marked very early, and so be shown to carry onward their root-cap on the growing-point. Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf\|Jane H. Newell Yet, if we cannot know this first growing-point of our individual life, it may be useful to inquire what can we know about it? The Philosophy of Natural Theology\|William Jackson
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